Not too long after setting up my flashes at 4 am on a chilly September morning, I hear M653's horn a couple miles away, prompting me to take a couple test shots. When everything was set how I want... (more)

M653 rolls eastward (timetable north) into Lincolnton, NC on the former SAL Charlotte Sub with the C&O heritage unit trailing.

CSX C758, a loaded coal train for Marshal Steam Station, Crossing a field about 2 miles east of downtown Lincolnton, it moves up to track speed as it approaches Iron Station NC. With he fall folia... (more)

The original Norfolk Southern logo is fading into rust on a caboose.

A west bound empty hopper train derailed at 0500 hrs. 2/1/04 at Lincolnton, NC on the Charlotte Sub. 15 cars counted on the ground. This is on the former SAL line that connects to the former Cli... (more)