After waiting for the morning Amtrak parade, NS 350 throttles upgrade through Cary.
Amtrak's Carolinian heads out of Raleigh and into the setting sun with a single P42 for power.
Fall peak has arrived in western North Carolina as Great Smoky Mountains 2-8-0 #1702 heads west out of Bryson City with the railroad’s ever popular Nantahala Gorge Excursion.
Blue Ridge Southern train T59 in Sylva
NS 5313 leads a local freight out of High Point North Carolina on former High Point, Thomasville and Denton Railroad trackage heading for Denton North Carolina. The HPT&D is now part of the Winsto... (more)
CSX M653 crossing over Buffalo Creek
Equipment issues on inbound Piedmont train 72 led to a 2 hour late departure out of Raleigh for train 77. This led to a second engine being added to the head end at Raleigh, and a rare late aftern... (more)
Piedmont 75 has a former GO Transit F59PH now classified as a Cab Control Unit in the lead early into their Raleigh to Charlotte trip.
M582 cuts through Benson with four GEs for power not long after the beginning of their trip from Rocky Mount.
L225 heads across the NS at Selma on a cool October morning.
Piedmont Train #73 races southbound past the depot in Thomasville North Carolina. On the head end is Cab Control Unit #105 formerly GO Transit F59PH #521. This unit was rebuilt by Norfolk Southern... (more)
NS's Greensboro to Selma manifest passes the Bailey Feed complex at their terminus, which receives much traffic from both NS and CSX.
NS 350 crosses the diamond with CSX on their way into Selma Yard, passing the classic joint station here.
The Star Silver hustles through Clayton on their way north with a pair of P42s in Phase V and IV paint for power.
The Carolinian pulls into Cary in the late evening.
