A colorful mix of western power charges southbound on the Piedmont Division with hot intermodal train 213. It is crossing the Pacolet River just north of Spartanburg, SC.
The spacer car local approaches it's major customer, PPG Industries west of Shelby. The spacer was needed to spread the load on the Buffalo Creek trestle near Blacksburg, SC. Just east of here, ... (more)
Two SD60s are giving it all they have to bring Charlotte, NC - Atlanta intermodal 221 up the lengthy grade in the north Georgia mountains.
611 runs from the last rays of sunlight at control point Edna in Reidsville, NC. The sun is also about to set on the classic Southern cantilever mast, as the hoodies are in place and ready to ass... (more)
611 approaches the NC/VA state line as it works hard to keep moving at speed near the top of the grade from the Dan River.
#6 heads east on a foggy morning.
760, coal loads for Duke Energy at Belews Creek, NC, comes down the back stretch approaching turn 2 on the Winston-Salem District. Dale Jarrett won the race.
Crossing the South Fork River just after sunrise.
Grinding up grade on the former Clinchfield with 100+ coal loads - over 12 years after my previous upload with slightly different technology in my bag. See photo no. 331206.
Grinding up grade on the former Clinchfield.
The first southbound train of the new year in Lowell is the Crescent at 3:15 a.m. as it splits the intermediate signals.
A consist of three GP38's, two GP16's, and a GP18 leads a Gulf to Star grain train over US 220 at Star, NC. This one started with 55 cars from NS at Gulf, but several problems later, it arrived i... (more)
Pickens' Belton-Anderson train heads west toward Anderson on former Southern/Blue Ridge RR trackage.
UP's United Way unit leads Q615 southbound on the Monroe Sub (former SAL Hamlet-Atlanta route) at Carlisle, SC.
A thunderstorm passes to the south of Collier Yard on CSX's North End Sub (former ACL).
