CSXT 5385 is seen here entering the former Seaboard Air Line hub of Hamlet, North Carolina on July 8, 2006 crossing a bridge bearing the fallen flag's name. The lead locomotive would have still ha... (more)

Seaboard GP40's 600-650 built between 1966-1967. The GP40's brought a new color scheme to the Seaboard, but one that would last only two years. Photo of five Jolly Green Giants units taken at H... (more)

CSX M582 at Monroe Junction leaving Hamlet

CSX Seaboard Air Line Heritage Engine at the Seaboard Air Line station in Hamlet

Seaboard System SDP35 4595, seen at the yard in Hamlet NC with SBD SD35 4590, was built by EMD in November 1964 as Seaboard Air Line 1114. When the SAL merged with the Atlantic Coast Line, it bec... (more)

CSX L600 in Hamlet with the Conrail Heritage Engine leading

CSX Seaboard Air Line Heritage Engine on the Hamlet Diesel Shop tracks

Looking fresh, with the just the right amount of patina, this N&W alumnus probably came in on #466 from Winston Salem.

A common visitor to the Seaboard System yard due to the joint ownership of the Winston Salem Southbound line from Winston Salem, NC.

In the nondescript sandhills an inbound trains arrives, having originated on the jointly owned Winston Salem Southbound. Four units are much greater power than normal on this one.

A single GE leads an empty grain train across the diamond at Hamlet.

A Sanford to Wilmington rock train comes onto the eastern connection at the junction in Hamlet.

The hostlers are moving motive power to the "field" to await assignment to a train.

It's early in the CSX era and the paint scheme butchers haven't got to the first unit with their spray cans and brushes. And BTW that's a locomotive washer in the background. A decent "rain... (more)

CSX L645 at the Seaboard Air Line Station in Hamlet