Alexander Railroad's Statesville local passes a fire station at Scotts enroute to the NS interchange.

Alexander Railroad's two green SW1500s head into Hiddenite enroute to Statesville.

The Alexander Railroad's turn to Statesville departs the Taylorsville shops with the SW1500 pair putting on a good show of smoke.

A pair of SW1500s in Alexander's green paint scheme begin their day at Taylorsville.

Alexander RR #12 crosses Meacham Road after dropping off a freight car at a local industry. It is headed toward me and will pickup more cars from the interchange with Norfolk Southern. #12 was for... (more)

I jumped ahead of this train wanting to get a shot of it passing the small grain silo. What I did not know was that they woukd work another customer first and come by shoving that car as the condu... (more)

Alexander RR #12 crosses Meacham Road to pickup more freight cars from the interchange with Norfolk Southern. #12 was former Southern Pacific 2659 and ex Weyerhauser 308.

Alexander Railroad uing one of their nearly pristine ex-Southern Pacific SW1500s.

Alexander Railroad uing one of their nearly pristine ex-Southern Pacific SW1500s.

Spotted in Statesville, the crew is running the train around he wye on Meachum Road

Alexander Railroad SW1500 #12 in Statesville, North Carolina. ARC #12 is an EMD SW1500 built for Southern Pacific as SP #2659,Weyerhauser as WTCX #308. Here she passes an interesting congregat... (more)

Alexander Railroad SW1500 #12 in Statsville, North Carolina. ARC #12 is an EMD SW1500 built for Southern Pacific as SP #2659,Weyerhauser as WTCX #308.

Alexander #12 leads the westbound freight as they accelerate out of Loray after dropping a center beam at Bluelinx on a beautiful afternoon in the foothills of North Carolina. Alexander serves se... (more)

Alexander #12 leads the westbound freight as they approach downtown Hiddenite, NC on a beautiful afternoon in the foothills of North Carolina. Alexander serves several customers in Iredell and Al... (more)

A warm late Spring afternoon finds ex-Southern Pacific SW1500 No. 2659, now Alexander Railroad No. 12, pulling a cut of cars out of the International Paper plant near downtown Statesville.