Nearing Fuquay-Varina, Raleigh & Fayetteville's day local passes through the Willow Spring, an unincorporated community that is still fairly rural in the fast-growing Triangle region.
Raleigh & Fayetteville's morning crew sneaks over the diamond at Boylan ahead of a mid morning rush of Amtrak and CSX traffic with their two GP38s and B39-8 for power.