Charlotte and Western rolls westbound after using the Belmont Jct. siding to get their inbound train sorted.
Due to the devastation on the former Clinchfield between Spruce Pine and Erwin, coal for Duke Energy's Cliffside Plant is taking circuitous routes. Here, empties head railroad north (geographical... (more)
Empty ethanol off of the Winston-Salem Southbound makes a run westward on the Charlotte Sub toward Bostic, where it will turn north on the former Clinchfield and head towards Chicago.
CSX K706 loaded ethanol train coming into Mt. Holly, on the CSX Charlotte Sub, on a beautiful fall day with the CN BC Rail Heritage GEVO leading another regular CN GEVO and a CSX SD70MAC DPU on th... (more)
The power for the P&N Passenger Special idles to a stop at the North (East) end of Belmont Junction, and the Conductor climbs down to throw the switch to run around the train.
SLRG 457, now Piedmont & Northern 457, zooms under the Rankin Avenue bridge during a photo runby for the passenger special.
P&N's Gastonia-Charlotte local making a set off in Mt. Holly, NC in the spring of 1969 with Alco S4 #1002 for power.
An unexpected heavy snow shower envelops Q696 as it comes out of a meet at the north end of the Duke siding, 12 miles NW of Charlotte. The green signal is a spring switch indicator that simply con... (more)
AC4400CW 90 brings empty hoppers off of the Terrell sub.