Local switching power parked at Barber North Carolina. NS 5257 GP38-2, was rebuilt from ex CR/PC 8040 with an NS admiral cab, PTC and remote control operation. NS 5273 GP38-2, is ex CR/PC 8063. NS... (more)

Push-Pull with one hopper car of gravel. NS 3431 is a former Conrail SD40-2 that was rebuilt from a former Kansas City Southern SD40. This short train is on the L-Line that runs from Winston-Salem... (more)

An eastbound mixed freight, with a trio of UP power, passes the classic Southern Ry signals at Barber Junction.

I have no idea who drew wrote in the grime of this unit, but regardless, it's been on this unit for about a month now without washing off. That's quite impressive... Anyway, this 6 axel giant sta... (more)

NS 3496, an SD40-2 wearing one of the iconic "Operation Lifesaver" paint schemes, returns to Barber junction after it's 6 hour long route on NS train P23. It's shown here pulling onto th... (more)

NS 741 hauling through the country side, with NS 8099 in trail. Already October in this photo and STILL no fall foliage...

Admiral cab 5257 and a string of locos idle away as "blue hour" sets in at Barber, NC.

The NKP 587 in happier times, doubleheading with NW 1218 toward the Southern Loops and Asheville in the summer of 1989. The engine has recently been moved in pieces from its long-time home in Ind... (more)

NS P61 just finished there switching at Barber junction, and now heads west towards Statesville, NC.

A late NS P61 finally gets out of Linwood yard, and is now headed west on the NS S Line.

A group of old EMDs idle away on a cold night at Barber junction.

Barber to Linwood turn P29 rumbles eastbound at a rural country crossing with a classic high hood leader.

As the remaining high hoods on the NS roster sit and await an uncertain fate. It's always nice to look back upon a collection of photographs and think, I sure am glad I took that. After being in s... (more)

NS 134 rumbles over the diamond at Barber Jct with the Wabash heritage unit leading a CP SD33C-ECO. This scene has changed a bit in the past few months. The replaces for the old Southern signals h... (more)

The NKP 587 and N&W 1218 doubleheader is about to clatter over the diamond at Barber, on its way to the Southern Loops and Asheville, during the 1989 NRHS Convention.