NS p17 diverges onto the former Southern Railway V-Line with a short train bound for Piedmont, SC behind the power of a solo Ex Southern GP38-2.

P17 has just dropped a cut of cars for 2nd shift underneath I-85 and continues it's way down the V-line to run around it's two tank cars in tow to switch Ashland Performance Materials in Piedmont,... (more)

P17 has just dropped a cut of cars for 2nd shift underneath I-85 and continues it's way down the V-line to run around it's two tank cars in tow to switch Ashland Performance Materials in Piedmont,... (more)

All of the former Southern Railway GP50s have sadly now been taken out of service and rebuilt. Here, in happier days for us Southern fans, one of the last ones remaining at the time leads NS p17 a... (more)

Down at the bottom of the old Southern Railway V-Line, not far from the ending point, Norfolk Southern's Dixie local crawls through the thick woods of Piedmont as it heads towards the last industr... (more)

NS p17 pulls a cut of cars from their last industry along the old V-Line behind two high hood GP38-2s. NS 5038 is looking rather good in its new horse head paint!

Two Ex Southern high hoods power NS p17 through Piedmont on a trip back towards Greenville. It is very unusual to see them return to Greenville in daylight. That is usually done on the 2nd shift j... (more)

On a rare daylight return trip to Greenville, NS p17 splits the down town district of historic West Greenville with high hood GP38-2 5038 in charge.

Shortly after working the last industry along the old Southern Railway V-Line, NS's Dixie local, p17, throttles out of Piedmont, SC. Here it is passing a small farm and an old Southern whistle boa... (more)

NS p17 diverges off of the NS Greenville District onto the V-Line with a lonesome GP59 leading. It is seen here crossing the Reedy River, the Swamp Rabbit Trail, and Mayberry Avenue in Greenville.... (more)

NS's Dixie Local, NS p17, blows some smoke as it throttles up as it leaves Greenville heading for Piedmont. NS 4618, a heavily weathered GP59, is doing the honors.

A fairly rough, beat up looking GP59 serves as power for the NS Dixie local (p17). It is backing out to the mouth of Greenville Yard so that a switch can be thrown and they can couple it to their ... (more)

A very short P17 creeps through Greenville SC, with A EMD GP59 (copyright Tj M. Murrah)

Two years ago, if you told me that I would be shooting GP50s in 2015, I would have called you nuts. I may have even suggested that you go see a head doctor. And yet here it is, July 2015, and here... (more)

A nice shade tree, an old wooden barn, and a couple of ole high hoods switching a lumber yard in Dixie, this is what makes Carolina be Carolina!