Two D9s and an SD60M scream in notch 8 through downtown Lowell with 100 loads of coal for Plant Allen in Belmont, NC.

Getting pictures of old southern intermediates never get old. NS 154 swings around the curve and under the old southern intermediates on track 2. He was meeting 212 not far from here at CP South F... (more)

After turning the power in Gastonia, 750 heads back to Allen steam plant at sunset running long hood forward. 750 also had the 50th anniversary Pier 6 coal car.

A meet at Lowell and some old Southern intermediates. NS 172 puled up and stopped at Lowell NC because he did not have a signal yet at South Fork. After 213 came by South Fork 172 got a signal at ... (more)

Rutherford, PA - Atlanta, GA intermodal train 213 rolls under the old Southern Railway intermediate signals with a standard cab Dash 9 leader. The lead locomotive and old signals are both endanger... (more)

While most trainspotters (myself included) may not care to see a generic Dash 9 roll into the viewfinder, I personally don't mind seeing the old standard cabs. With most of the C40-8s in storage ... (more)

Conrail meets Southern! NS 7203, a former Conrail SD80MAC built in January 1996 as No. 4105, leads Rutherford, PA - Atlanta, GA intermodal train 213 under the old Southern Railway intermediate sig... (more)

NS 213 eases into the curve under the old Southern intermediates in Lowell. With the PTC implementation project in full swing on the Piedmont, it is only a matter of time before these signals come... (more)

NS 213 glides under the old Southern Railway-era signals in Lowell, NC. The leader is also of fallen flag heritage, built for the ATSF in June of 1995 as their 230.

NS 213 comes under the southern intermediates at Lowell, NC. As you can see here we got three generations of GE locomotives there was a D9-44CW, ES44AC, ET44AC all in the consist.

NS 119 comes around the curve and under the southern intermediates at Lowell NC. Notice there are no replacements by them.

After witnessing the old Southern signals being cut-out and the heads turned in Salisbury and Spencer, I came to the realization of just how quickly these signals are starting to disappear. I grew... (more)

A lone SD60E leads a loaded ribbon rail train north in Lowell NC on an almost hot winter day.

An all GEVO consist pulls 172 north to Linwood.

NS 154 does a rare daylight run through North Carolina with three BNSFs leading one NS. Third in consist was a BNSF ET44C4.