Two newly-acquired SD40-3s are at work in Candor, North Carolina on the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western Railway in late 2010. ACWR 6918 was built for the Canadian National Railway as CN SD40 5206 in ... (more)

Riding the Rails. The ACWR's F9A-B set leads a set of passenger cars from Candor to Charlotte.

Ex Illinois Central 101 sits at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western facility in Candor. What a surprise it was for me to turn the corner and see this beauty sitting there!

Aberdeen, Carolina & Western 6926 and 6910 sit at the small diesel service area in Star, North Carolina.

Happy Halloween from Aberdeen

The staff at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western have decorated ACWR GP-7 896 and cars for Halloween.

Happy Halloween from Aberdeen

The staff at the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western have decorated ACWR GP-7 896 and cars for Halloween. I liked the spider on top of the car, while m... (more)

A colorful lashup, consisting of ex Illinois Central 101, ex Alaska RR 30, ex Iowa Pacific 540, ex CN 5548 and ex CN 5527, sit outside the Aberdeen, Carolina & Western shop in Candor, North Caroli... (more)

Bridging the River. The ACWR passenger train movement pauses on the bridge at the Yadkin-Pee Dee Hydro Project.

Magenta. Why magenta, you ask? Simple answer: some company printing with red designation in the logo/herald was returned with this hue....and it stuck. When it came time to paint these two ex-N... (more)

Aberdeen Carolina & Western's business train crosses the Rocky River bridge east of Oakboro, NC, during the F-unit's first run across the western district of the ACWR towards Charlotte. The origin... (more)

First Time for Cab Diesels? The ACWR does a railfan-friendly movement of its passenger cars, moving for the first time beyond Star to Charlotte. The train is led by its beautiful (to most,... (more)

Easing into Star where they will then diverge onto the original NS tangent into Charlotte.

Excursion train to Aberdeen is heading down the well-kept mainline with two ex-Florida Central coaches as part of the consist. #703 is is ex-Go Transit/Tri Rail.

Excursion train is at the yard on the original NS tangent that extends out towards Charlotte in the east leg that connects with their mainline to Aberdeen. Here you can see the original set of F-... (more)

ACWR 271 and ACWR 270, (ex NS OCS), visits the queen city for the first time since it's fresh new paint job. I hate the NS sold these, but i'd be lying if I said they didn't look pretty.