Northbound Piedmont Train #74, lead by NCDOT F59PH City of Greensboro, meets a southbound freight lead by NS SD60E 6975 at Eleventh Street Grade Crossing in Salisbury North Carolina.
Amtrak 75 departs Raleigh for Charlotte with NCDOT Cab Control Unit 102 on the rear while Raleigh & Fayetteville RF01 waits for their turn across the diamond at Boylan with an RJ Corman B39-8 lead... (more)
Amtrak 76 deadheads back to Capital Yard after finishing their trek from Charlotte to Raleigh.
Amtrak 75 pulls into Cary with F59PH on the rear.
After hitting a tree in Morrisville and damaging their lead unit, Amtrak 73 (right) returns back to Raleigh as they pass Amtrak 75 (left), who will pick up 73's passengers at Cary for the trip wes... (more)
Just a minute before sunrise, Amtrak 73 makes their 06:30am departure out of Raleigh with the first Charlotte bound Piedmont train of the day.
Amtrak 77 charges out of Raleigh with "City of Durham" 1869 leading.
Amtrak 77 rounds the curve coming into Cary with a pair of F59PHs bracketing 5 cars for Charlotte.
The late morning Piedmont is stretched out on both sides of the Cary Depot with two F59PH's leading an 8 car consist.
Amtrak 75 enters the NC Line at Fetner with a couple NCDOT F59PH's on the head end of a longer-than-typical Piedmont consist. The F59s usually run on each end of these trains, but Amtrak's America... (more)
Amtrak 75 arrives in Cary as they pass one of the two remaining customers in town.
Amtrak 75's deadhead move pulls through Boylan on the second of three times they'll cross the diamond.
Amtrak 75 pulls off the west leg of the wye at Boylan with a deadhead move for Raleigh as NS 350 passes in the foreground.
Amtrak 74 arrives in Raleigh as P59 waits for a Raleigh & Fayetteville train on the connection track in the background.
Merry Christmas! Today's eastbound Carolinian had an NCDOT equipment set in place of the usual P42 and Amfleets due to the prior night's 79 originating in Raleigh due to weather. This led to a rar... (more)
