After a brief station stop in Kannapolis, southbound Amtrak 73 eases into the curve and under the old Southern Railway-era intermediates at Concord as they make their way toward Charlotte. These o... (more)

Amtrak Piedmont No. 75 prepares to make a station stop in Kannapolis. Lately, the Piedmont trains have been operating in push-pull mode for a multitude of reasons. First, the wye in Raleigh is cur... (more)

Station stop for the westbound.

The RNCX 1797 stops for passengers in Burlington. The Station originally opened in 1868 as a large locomotive repair shop by the North Carolina Railroad. In 1895 the station was acquired by the S... (more)

Raleigh to Charlotte midday train spends no time heading to Greensboro running around 10 minutes behind schedule from its stop in Burlington.

RNCX 1859 "City of High Point" leads Amtrak 75 west over the recently restored steel truss bridge in Burlington.

A set of North Carolina Department of Transportation equipment, led by F59PH 1810 (the "City of Greensboro"), winds its way through an industrial district in Raleigh, North Carolina, as it heads t... (more)

The RNCX 1810 "City of Greensboro" leads the Amtrak 74 east over the 70/I-85 connector near Efland.

Inside the NCDOT train at Streamliners at Spencer

Amtrak's midday southbound "Piedmont" service rolls into Thomasville, NC on October 5, 2014. On this day, the train is double length due to a Carolina Panthers game in Charlotte.

The Amtrak 75 heads south near Jamestown, NC

An Amtrak Piedmont train has just departed the station in Salisbury, N.C., on its way to Charlotte. The brick building is an old ice house.

While visiting family in Raleigh, I got a great Christmas gift... SNOW! Here we see Amtrak 74 departing Raligh for points west, the train was full of Holiday travelers!