The sun has just risen over the Catawba River at Marion, NC on this cold Saturday morning. A rare northern visitor leads Wadesboro, NC ethanol loads down the former Clinchfield mainline.

136 crosses the French Broad river as it arrives into Asheville on a crystal clear morning.

P87 nears the crest of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Ridgecrest, NC as the east facing slopes are a peak Fall color..

94Z works through the dip at East Statesville on it's westbound run up the Asheville District.

94Z glides across the Catawba River at Catawba, NC along the former Southern Railway line to Asheville. Through trains are a rarity these days, and this move was certainly a nice bonus. The load... (more)

135 glides across the calm waters of Douglas Lake (French Broad river) after meeting counterpart 136 at Lilac. The photographer is standing on the old ROW before the tracks were re-aligned (and r... (more)

Norfolk Southern train 744 crosses the Catawba River at Catawba, NC and soon the crew will swap ends and use the DPU power to take the train into the plant.

Watco's Blue Ridge Southern job W44 works SCM concrete in Fletcher, NC along the former A&S line to Spartanburg.

Kansas City Southern's Fort Smith dodger crosses the James Fork river en route to Fort Smith, AR along the former Frisco line.

23G (Louisville, KY-Norfolk, VA NIT) nears the end of it's journey as it crosses Bridge 7 next to the massive Gilmerton lift bridge which carries US 13 and US 460 across the Southern branch of the... (more)

The newest edition to the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad fleet (its version of a Support Our Troops paint scheme) leads the westbound NOC turn near Bryson City. The 1009 looks very, very similar ... (more)

Aberdeen Carolina & Western's newly painted business train pauses at the Cradle of American Golf at Pinehurst, NC before proceeding to Aberdeen to turn the consist.

Empty Charlotte ethanol train K446 crosses the Catawba River at Lake James near Marion, NC on a stunning Spring afternoon. The former Clinchfield has new life with ethanol traffic for Charlotte a... (more)

Aberdeen Carolina & Western's AB F-units lead the westbound unveiling excursion as it approaches Candor, NC.

Aberdeen Carolina & Western's AB F-units lead westbound past the dilapidated Candor depot en route to Star to turn the train on the wye and return to Candor.