Now that it's history, I thought I'd post another angle of the partially collapsed Toe River Bridge showing what once would have passed for ties but have now been reduced to a lot of spongy sawdus... (more)

After almost hitting a truck which tore down some crossing gates in Salisbury, Amtrak 80 heads north over the Yadkin River.

9085 runs long hood forward across the Yadkin River after leaving Linwood Yard with 48 cars. The intended lead engine was sidelined with mechanical issues before departure. 9085 will turn on the... (more)

With 16,000 hp on the point, a rather beastly NS 155 crosses the Yadkin River on its way out of Linwood yard southbound in the late evening on its way to Macon, GA.

A couple of GE's head towards their destination of the Rocky Mount yard with 124 cars from Philadelphia on a very busy Saturday morning. What's not so evident from this nice sunny shot is that a ... (more)

I don't think the state fire marshall will have to worry about folks following the orders on this sign. It's been many years since any gas has been pumped at this station. In a bit of an odd mov... (more)

Two older SD's lug a loaded Crestline, OH grain train towards the Rocky Mount yard past a gas station that was no doubt once a busy place but has since gone the way of the rest of downtown Rocky M... (more)

An empty coal train heads west, passing the few residences in the aptly named hamlet of Iron Station. U362 makes rounds between Charlene, KY and Pennyroyal, SC.

Springtime in the South...2 AC's and a GEVO blast past Ironton Presbyterian with a loaded coal train off the old Clinchfield. This train will branch off onto the Terrel Sub several miles ahead in... (more)

Deciding to try and catch a coal train before class this morning paid off. Three SD's throttle up out of a sag on the undulating former SAL line between Bostic and the Hamlet-Atlanta mainline at ... (more)

Traffic on Hwy. 27 takes little notice of this SC bound coal train rounding the big curve at Mt. Holly and passing the switch of the connecting track to the former Piedmont and Northern.

734 pulls out of the Ridgely yard to head across the river and into the station for today's excursion. Anyone besides me notice how crooked that telephone pole is?

The Toe River provided Clinchfield engineers with a logical path to follow to keep the western approach to the Blue Ridge long and gradual. As seen from NC Rte. 80, this faded AC is doing what th... (more)

Another southbound loaded train draped around one of the valley's many curves at this picturesque spot found at the end of Roses Branch Road. N170 is a Myra, KY to Taft, FL coal train.

Two pairs of AC's meet at Toe River siding. 5122 is hard at work dragging loads toward the summit just ahead at Altapass while the conductor of 25-car-long Q697 steps out to inspect the opposing m... (more)