RJ Corman's Raleigh & Fayetteville RR (RFCC) operates on former NS trackage between those two cities. The line's operation is a single train in a constant cycle between those points (on weekdays) ... (more)
RF01 rolls along US-401 on their way through Kipling.
A lengthy RF02 for Fayetteville works their way down the roller coaster terrain on the former NS VF Line in the late evening.
The farmland in the greater Triangle region of NC has quickly dwindled as the sprawl from Raleigh and Durham moves out, but at least for now there's still a few rural shots on the old VF Line betw... (more)
E25 passes the short siding at Kipling on the Fayetteville branch of the original Norfolk Southern.
Here we find SB NS E25 is running amongst the spring greens just south of Kipling, NC. The red really stands out against the greens as the NS 8114 is headed toward Fayetteville.
Northbound 'original' NS freight at Kipling, NC on the Fayetteville line || January 1972
NS's Fayetteville Turn north of Kipling, NC in 1970
NB local with sand from Becker Sand and Gravel in the fields.