The A&W crew go about switching the last customer on the original line east of Sanford - a very busy scrap dealer. The business has spurs in opposing directions on either side of a steep dip in th... (more)

Perhaps the most obscure section of street running still in operation, which I didn't even know existed until we stumbled upon it during this outing. For 2 blocks in a mixed industrial/residential... (more)

A visitor from the SCRF is now up in Sanford to help out with switching chores, seen here pulling through the cramped A&W home base on the way back into town. Given the presence of the SCRF loco, ... (more)

It's around noon and 109 has been shut down for the day. She is along for the ride as 1603 pulls the short train around a tight curve and back to the small yard in downtown Sanford where they will... (more)

The A&W heads into Sanford for a morning of switching. The A&W is an "original" shortline being chartered in the late 1890s to run about 25 miles from Sanford to Lillington NC. In the mo... (more)

CSX F741 gets a medium clear signal at Sanford to line into the siding as the Atlantic & Western picks up cars at the interchange.

An Atlantic & Western train coming into Sanford, NC in this September 1985 scene. The engine is on lease from Rail Switching Service.

Atlantic & Western 101 (former D&S #502) at Sanford, NC sporting a fresh coat of paint.

Hey modelers, you can run a pig train behind your 70 Tonner. Back in the day when ATW went all the way from Sanford to Jonesboro (3 miles or so), SCL kept a switcher in town, SOU came in from Gre... (more)

There's a good chance this little treasure is still sitting at this same spot. I took picture here just a few years ago.

A tiny remnant of a it's former self this little line used only one unit in those days.

SCL GP30s 1337 and 1328 working at Sanford, NC in 1969.

Four SCL GPs lead a train through Sanford, NC in October 1970.