A daytime running of The Crescent #20 check. Getting it under old Southern signals check. A 9 hour late number 20 comes around the curve and under the Southern signals at Lowell, NC. Today makes t... (more)

UP 6408 leads Linwood, NC - Macon, GA, manifest 119 under the Lowell intermediates on a gloomy Thursday afternoon.

NS 119 struggle's to tackle the grade leading up to Lowell. You could hear the SD60E, SD70M, and D9W all in run at as they where coming by me. Note the classic Southern signals still stand at Lowe... (more)

Continuing northward along the Crescent corridor admid the heart of a late January night, Amtrak 20 blasts through the town of Lowell, NC, ducking below the Brosnan era signal bridge that has prot... (more)

A trio of brand spankin' new ET44AC units on their maiden voyage following delivery from GE in Ft. Worth, TX lead Jersey-bound intermodal 212 through Lowell, NC.

NS 212 races under the old Southern intermediates at Lowell NC. A light snow storm came through earlier in the morning so that caused us to get around 1 or 2 inches of snow. As you can see the tra... (more)

This certainly is one well-traveled engine! In the span of a week, 4005 has been from the Columbia, SC area to Linwood, NC, Roanoke, VA, Knoxville, TN, Birmingham, AL, and back to Linwood, NC. See... (more)

"Illinois Terminal" SD70ACe (NS) 1072 leads 222 by the intermediate at 01:05 in Lowell, North Carolina on main two as the crew of this Atlanta to Charlotte train prepares for a meet with 211.

The P&N is running one of there Trains to Christmas town. And here we are at Christmas town. As you can see Santa and one of his elf's are waving to kids and there family's. And it's only fitting ... (more)

December 16, 2016; NS 1072 brightens up an otherwise dreary (and cold) day as they struggle up the grade out of CP South Fork with Hotlanta-bound 213. These intermediates are one of the few sets o... (more)

The Bumblebee kicks up the fallen colorful leaves as they duck under the old Southern Railway intermediates.

A fairly new (09/2016 rebuild date) SD70ACU leads 154 through Lowell, NC. This is the first ACU I've managed to catch leading.

NS 154 leans into the curve at Lowell on an unseasonably warm Autumn morning.

NS 119 eases into the curve and under the old Southern Railway-era intermediates at Lowell. I've wanted a shot of either a "straight 60" or "straight 70" under these signals f... (more)

NS 213 trudged uphill and under the old Southern Railway-era signals at Lowell.