Local job P71 spots a couple box cars down to the Carolina Container Company on their way back to Oyama.

It seems a wormhole to 1988 opened up today as NS Local P71 backs down into the old Carolina & Northwestern RY yard in Hickory, NC, behind a pair of matched GP60s. Seeing them parked next to the e... (more)

NS 5345, ex-Conrail 8185, latches on to a cut of cement hoppers at the concrete plant in downtown Hickory, NC. As she idles, waiting on her conductor to connect the air lines, the heavy, humid eve... (more)