The Sandhills Division of the ACWR is loaded with Loblolly Pines. These vast confiner forests are one of my favorite attractions to Moore County, NC. Photography and bird watching go hand in han... (more)

Guests enjoy a lunch break at the beautiful Pinehurst Country Club, while the F9s sit amongst dandelions adjacent to The Cradle Short Course. The flowers really compliment the golden-yellow paint... (more)

The maiden voyage of the ACWR's business train makes its way towards Aberdeen, passing through the village of Eagle Springs.

Aberdeen, Carolina & Western passes an old rustic shed in Seven Lakes. This passenger excursion traversed ACWR's entire Sandhills Division.

Aberdeen, Carolina & Western unveils their freshly painted F9 (A/B) units. These engines formally pulled Norfolk Southern's Officer Train and were sold to ACWR in 2019. ACWR put on a fantastic s... (more)

The southern Belle business train accelerates across the miles long fill that spans the Arkansas river valley at Redland, OK on a beautiful Spring morning.

KCS 1 arriving Heavener

The 2nd day for the business train was somewhat eventful and slow. The train got into delays for serve weather around DeQuincy. Then once on the move poor dispatching and a shutdown Beaumont Sub c... (more)

The business train fights its way north on the Beaumont Sub. The train is just back on the move after stopping to look at high water north of Hornbeck. Heavy rains flooded the Beaumont Sub around ... (more)

Northbound business train at the south switch Rich Mt. will take the siding to meet a SB grain.

Northbound business train to KC

Northbound business train heading to KC with CP executives on board

Northbound business train with CP & KCS execs heading to KC