Seaboard E7A-B set with 3041 in the lead heads the southbound train, the SUNLAND through Aberdeen, North Carolina on June 6, 1960. Photo by Wiley Bryan, from my collection.

A trio of SD70ACes lead train E50 out of Cary with some export locomotives looming behind the power bound for Morehead City.

Amtrak 79 heads out of Raleigh as some clouds from afternoon rain showers loom in the background after passing through the Triangle.

NS 974 (Safety Train) at Charlotte Yard

CSX M582 going by Monroe Yard

These didn't impress at the time but most have worked many years for their later owners.

Aberdeen Carolina & Western train 100 at Ramble Road in Midland

L619 creeps down the siding at Apex, where they'll pick up some cars off the D&S local to take to Hamlet.

An SD70MAC leads L619 onto the siding at Apex, where they'll make a pickup before proceeding to Hamlet. On the left is the Apex yard office, located in a former freight house.

L615 works their way south on the former Durham & Southern with a pair of geep rebuilds.

A Southern Rwy scale test car sits in the Wheel Balancing Shed at Spencer shops, NC. The shed, built in 1944, houses a set of eight Fairbanks scales connected to the tracks where steam locomotives... (more)

A cold foggy day.

One of the newest heritage units the "Tag" sits beside a yard switcher at the southern end of the yard after decoupling from its train.

As seen from a VRBO cabin along the banks of the Tuckasegee River, just west of Dillsboro, North Carolina, is the "crash site" where an Illinois Southern train collided with an Illinois Department... (more)

Along the banks of the Tuckasegee River, just west of Dillsboro, North Carolina, is the "crash site" where an Illinois Southern train collided with an Illinois Department of Corrections prisoner t... (more)