Chesapeake & Albemarle's weekly job from the NS interchange at Portlock Yard to Elizabeth City, NC passes through Carolina yard using former FEC #502 for power.

A rare Saturday southbound run for Chesapeake & Albemarle's once weekly trip from Chesapeake to Elizabeth City was a nice treat due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The train is seen here passing thr... (more)

Chesapeake & Albemarle GP7u 2158 rests in a field in Shawboro, NC, at sunset.

Chesapeake & Albemarle GP7u 2158 rests in a field in Shawboro, NC, at sunset.

Chesapeake & Albemarle's northbound job passes the mill at Gregory, NC along the former Norfolk Southern Railway company mainline through rural eastern North Carolina on a warm Summer morning.

Chesapeake and Albermarle No. 502 leads southbound rock loads through rural Shawboro on its way to Vulcan in Elizabeth City, NC.

On a chilly Saturday morning, the sound of a Leslie RS3L air horn echos throughout the rural country landscape as the weekly southbound Chesapeake and Albermarle train passes through Moyock, NC. T... (more)

As the early morning frost slowly begins to melt, Chesapeake and Albermarle GP38-2 No. 502 emerges from another tree tunnel as it pulls a nice load of rock into the morning sunlight. As opposed to... (more)

Chesapeake and Albermarle GP38-2 #502 leads a southbound train through Moyock, NC as it rounds a curve soaking up the morning sun. The C&A made an uncommon run on Saturday as opposed to it's regul... (more)

Chesapeake and Albermarle GP38-2 #502 leads a southbound train through Shawboro, NC as it rounds a curve going through beautiful agricultural landscape. The C&A made an uncommon run on Saturday as... (more)

Chesapeake and Albermarle GP38-2 #502 leads a southbound train through Moyock, NC as it rounds a curve going through beautiful agricultural landscape.

Chesapeake and Albermarle GP38-2 #502 leads a southbound train through Chesapeake, VA as it goes through beautiful agricultural landscape.

Despite the painting over of the hurricane logo, Chesapeake & Albemarle 502 is clearly a former Florida East Coast unit. It awaits its next assignment next to the sand tower at Elizabeth City, N.C... (more)

A head on view of the 502, an ex-Florida East Coast GP38-2.

Done with their work for today, they will likely come back tomorrow and continue south, spotting cars at different grain elevators for loading along the line.