NS B30-7As 3502 and 3514 waiting their next trip at Asheville, NC || Feb. 1989

Statesville was a great spot to fan in the 1970s with good traffic that really moved, even though the plant was not exactly cutting-edge. Here is proof as a crew member runs ahead to line the way... (more)

Southern Railway B23-7 4009 leads a Norfolk Southern train across the CSX diamonds in Fayetteville, NC, in September 1989.

UP 5780 leads an empty coal train under the endangered CNW signal bridge at Nelson. In the background you can see the Nelson coaling tower, long out of use but still in place. For now.

Northbound Mooresville Local near Cornelius, NC in May 1996. The conductor stopped along the road and bought a rocking chair which wouldn't fit through the cab door so he is enjoying the view from... (more)

I lived in New Bern for about 2 years. Almost all of my time here was devoted to flying, but I liked the local railroading scene which was only a few blocks from my apartment. Standard operation... (more)

Almost as it was in the summer time, a strong downpour comes out of nowhere as FEC 101 is starting its southbound run to Miami. Those are some big drops in the beams of the headlights and the stea... (more)

...and the Florida East Coast was changed forever. One of many new GE ES44C4 locomotives that now belong to the FEC. Some may not be a fan of the new motive power, but no one can argue about the... (more)

The Griswold signals activate and the engineer blows the horn while a young boy stops and sits to watch the train roll by on a quiet Sunday afternoon in Hibbing, MN.

A set of Southern Rwy hump power switches at Linwood, NC || August 1980

Southbound coal coming down the loops.

Headed for Fayetteville, the daily train has just topped the stiff grade south of Aberdeen and is drifting down one of the the many humps between here and the destination. I loved the little side... (more)

Bill Phillips photo from my slide collection.

I thought for sure that when I took this photo early on the morning of December 7, 1994 the this would be the last sunrise 611 would see with a fire in her belly. I still hope I was wrong. http://... (more)