An ex-GTW GP9 and ex-BN SD40-2 pose side by side at NS Glenwood Yard in Raleigh, representing the shortlines which each operate part of the original NS main that passes through here.

Power for Raleigh's two shortlines are lined up at the original NS Glenwood Yard for the weekend. A Carolina Coastal ex-GTW GP9r is in the foreground while an ex-BN SD40-2 and ex-SP SD40T-2 repres... (more)

CLNA 321 brings a cut of empty coal gons towards Glenwood Yard as they cross Capital Blvd. in Raleigh.

A single ex-GTW GP9 leads a train of empty storage hoppers into Raleigh.

A Carolina Coastal empty coal train crosses Crabtree Creek with a single GP9 for power. The cars are being removed from storage on the former NS main.

Carolina Coastal job 119 heads north on the original Norfolk Southern Ry. main line at Washington, NC.

Carolina Coastal train 119 heads west with their work complete on the Belhaven branch.

Carolina Coastal train 119 heads north across the Pamlico River swing bridge with a short train for their Plymouth and Belhaven branch customers.

With the fall colors just starting to come in across Eastern North Carolina, CLNA 120 rolls north on the CLNA Wilson Sub behind a pair of CLNA's brightly colored GP9R's.

Resting and Waiting. GP9 4624 was the first unit painted in the CLNA's new scheme and was the sole unit wearing that scheme for a period of about two years. It sits with its consist near Bi... (more)

After working industries in Middlesex, the Carolina Coastal road train heads west to Zebulon along the former Norfolk Southern Railway mainline where they'll run around their train for the return ... (more)

Carolina Coastal's #119 Plymouth turn slowly crosses the Pamlico River in picturesque Washington North Carolina. This scene plays out M-F after the interchange with the 120 job from Wilson occurs... (more)

CLNA train #120 arrives in Chocowinity after making the morning run from Wilson with nearly 100 cars. A quartet of former Grand Trunk GP9R's are in charge of the run this morning.

New Years Eve 2012. My family and I are vacationing in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, and I have graciously been granted a day out. Happily (for me, not necessarily the crew) the Carolina Co... (more)