The Open Express turns up the Aberdeen Carolina & Western in Aberdeen with an NCDOT F59PHI leading.
An Amtrak special slowly enters the Aberdeen Carolina & Western's Sandhills Sub as a couple railfans document their passage.
The Open Express slows to enter the ACWR-CSX interchange yard in Aberdeen, where they'll change ends and head to Pinehurst. The Aberdeen & Rockfish put an engine out on display for the weekend, an... (more)
A special train consisting of mostly NCDOT equipment crosses the Atlantic & Western diamond at Sanford enroute to Pinehurst.
RNCX 1797, the "City of Asheville", brings up the rear of the Open Express train on rare mileage at Sanford.
Amtrak "Open Express" 1173 pulls into the siding at Sanford to allow P092 to pass before heading to Pinehurst.
The Open Express sails through Apex with NCDOT's F59PHI pair for power and a variety of passenger equipment.
Amtrak/NCDOT "Open Express" 1171 heads through Apex with a mixed consist of NCDOT, Amtrak and ACWR passenger equipment running from Raleigh to Pinehurst for the US Open.
NCDOT's US Open Special heads northbound over the Haw River on the way from Pinehurst to Raleigh. The track is the former Seaboard Air Line main.
Amtrak "Open Express" test train 873 (running as P948 on CSX) hustles south through Sanford on the CSX Aberdeen Sub behind both NCDOT F59PHIs and a consist of Piedmont coaches. They're h... (more)
Amtrak 77 makes track speed on the Aberdeen Sub on their way to Charlotte with a clean F59PHI leading.
After meeting counterpart train 74 at Haw River, Piedmont 77 rounds the curve at Merill with F59PHI 1797 leading.
After clearing a slow order, P075 accelerates out of Raleigh with one of NCDOT's two F59PHIs for power.
Piedmont train 75 heads by the North Carolina Fairgrounds site in Raleigh. In the background, trackage for a shoofly related to a grade separation project can be seen.
One of NCDOT's two F59PHI units leads Amtrak 77 into Cary.
