The Reading Heritage Unit crest the grade westbound with a loaded unit phosphate train.

The Southbound Carolinian is led by the Phase I Heritage Unit.

The Illinois Terminal Heritage Unit leads an empty unit ethanol train westbound with Tommy Aldridge at the throttle.

After running out of fuel in their lead unit, NS 349 runs the wye at CP Hunt in Raleigh to turn their power around. The train is now back on the move, but this lead unit is also running on empty.... (more)

A late season snowstorm makes an appearance in North Carolina after a very mild Winter. Amtrak 80 crests the grade as it heads downhill to its next scheduled stop in Raleigh.

A 4+ hour late Amtrak 92 blizzards its way into Raleigh on a clear signal by the N.C. State Fairgrounds. The train was behind schedule due to colliding with a truck in Kissimmee, FL.

Amtrak 92 had an extra long consist this morning. The Amtrak Inspection Train, which ran a test run along the Gulf Coast, was in the mix.

As Amtrak train 80 makes its stop in Raleigh, North Carolina, a flurry of activity almost as old as railroading itself: Passengers detraining and boarding and luggage being unloaded and loaded. As... (more)

A UP leaders leads NS 349 from Selma back to Linwood.

An NS manifest train begins its journey out of Raleigh by taking the Boylan Wye to gain access to the joint CSX/NS line towards Cary.

An NS local finishes up its day by shoving into Glenwood Yard in Raleigh.

The afternoon Piedmont from Charlotte has dropped its passengers at the ex Southern station and is now shoving towards the CSX and it's NCDOT facility there.

The AM Switcher is close to finishing up a longish day as it drops some cars just east of the wye.

Equipment for train #75, the Piedmont, heads out of the NCDOT yard behind the old Seaboard train station as it begins its day. It will run from here down to the old Southern Railway Station, where... (more)

A loaded grain train heads through Raleigh NC. With its rear end still going through the Boylan Wye, the train rolls through town.