San Luis & Rio Grande power leads a train of storage tankcars being kept on the former Piedmont & Northern outside of Charlotte, NC on this beautiful January day. This power came to P&N once Iowa... (more)
San Luis & Rio Grande F40 number 456 and slug number 457 pose underneath a dramatic sunset at their new home near Gastonia, North Carolina, on the Piedmont and Northern Railway.
On Wednesday January 15th the P&N ran a special Make A Wish trip for a little boy who wanted to run a train. So they allowed him to "run" the locomotive while riding in the engineer's lap from Ran... (more)
The new Piedmont Northern Railway's power waiting on revenue in Gastonia, NC.
Southern train #173 speeds south through Gastonia.
Where Are We? Canada, Eh? California, Yo? Oh, that's right, North Carolina, Y'all! NS 172 snakes its way through the 'glutch' in Downtown Gastonia, North Carolina with a heck of a colorful ... (more)
Ex. Piedmont and Northern, later CSX, and finally NS line in Gastonia, NC is now abandoned but may re open soon as a new shortline and this scene can be shot again after about ten years.
After uncoupling from its train, the power for NS 750 scampers past the steep connection to the old Piedmont & Northern which climbs out of the north end of the Gastonia trench. The power will ru... (more)
With a classic NS high nose Geep, a short geometry train sprints out of the Gastonia "trench." In the words of 903's conductor to the crew of P43 waiting just ahead, "Don't blink or you'll miss us... (more)
A pair of GP38's await their next local assignment at Gastonia.
Southbound NS 119 is about to gain single track at Arlington.
NS 214 is screaming into Gastonia, NC, with Crowders Mountain and other local landmarks in the background.
