NCDOT PO74 the NB miday Piedmont is easing around the super elevated curve at the south end of Elon, NC. Both miday Piedmonts pass through Elon within 30 mins. of each other, making for a flurry o... (more)

1869 is the City of Durham and 1869 is the year the city was founded. All North Carolina's locomotives are named for its cities and numbered for the founding date. The single star is Nort... (more)

Amtrak 75 one of two daily southbound Piedmont's crosses the Yadkin River at Spencer.

The Piedmont heads south through High Point.

It seems like all around the country classic old signals are giving way to new ones...

The evening Piedmont departs Durham at sunset.

"Morning Departure"

Here we see the engineer of the EB Piedmont NCDOT train PO74 give a wave as he passes the Amtrak 40th Anniversary Special as they hold the main line as the people tour the exhibit cars. PO74 is ea... (more)

EB Piedmont NCDOT train PO74 is just off of the double track at Boylan Tower and is easing through the ex-SOU Yard in Raleigh. The reason for sending the Piedmont through the yard is that the Amtr... (more)

Running the Y in Charlotte to ready the train to head back to Raleigh.

Amtrak 74 ends its day in Raleigh with some fall foliage looking on in the background.

The 1792 rests at NC DOT Capital yard Raleigh, NC. Slowly she is being parted out, after being involved in a crossing accident at 79mph with a low boy hauling an excavator in Mebane, NC.

The last Piedmont of the day is waiting for the last of the passengers to disembark from the coaches of PO76 so it can head to the coach yard to be cleaned and ready for another days operation. N... (more)