The Aberdeen & Rockfish train from Aberdeen trundles across the diamond with the Seaboard Coast Line in Fayetteville, North Carolina.
The Aberdeen & Rockfish train from Aberdeen meanders through the North Carolina sandhills near Skibo. GP38 400 still plies these same rails well over three decades later.
Many people have asked me over the years "What is your favorite shortline?" Well folks, here it is. And this photo typifies why. Two factory-original EMD units in spotless as-delivere... (more)
AR Engine #300 heads west towards FCI Inc., an agricultural chemical plant, in Raeford, NC to work the industry.
Aberdeen & Rockfish GP7 #210 leading a southbound train across the Becker Sand & Gravel line (now long gone) near Blenhiem, SC || May 1987
The daily train from Aberdeen has dropped three cars and its caboose on the main, and is taking an empty gondola on a side track to a scale to be weighed.
The daily Aberdeen and Rockfish local ambles into Raeford, NC on a warm May day. Thiry-three years later, the GP38 continues to serve its original owner.
Cruising along St. Pauls Road west of Dundarrach, North Carolina, Aberdeen & Rockfish GP7 #205 handles three cars for separate customers in Raeford, NC. The GP7 had been cut away from a three-uni... (more)
1/3rd of Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad's locomotive roster - GP7 #205, CF7 #2486 and GP18 #300 - are seen working the unloading building for corn at the Tyton NC Biofuels ethanol biorefinery locate... (more)
One of many restored old buildings in Aberdeen, former Aberdeen and Rockfish Headquarters complete with old caboose.
A quiet Memorial Day weekend finds AR 405 soaking in the last rays of the evening sun.
One of the home-built cabooses with baggage compartment is on the rear of the Aberdeen & Rockfish train ti Fayetteville as it leaves Aberdeen.
The Aberdeen & Rockfish Aberdeen - Fayetteville local kicks up some dust as it passes south near McCain, NC. At this point, the A&R was still using their homebuilt cabooses with a baggage section ... (more)
