The US Open Express train takes the ACWR Sandhills Sub out of Aberdeen, a rare trip for the Piedmont equipment.
The Open Express turns up the Aberdeen Carolina & Western in Aberdeen with an NCDOT F59PHI leading.
An Amtrak special slowly enters the Aberdeen Carolina & Western's Sandhills Sub as a couple railfans document their passage.
The Open Express slows to enter the ACWR-CSX interchange yard in Aberdeen, where they'll change ends and head to Pinehurst. The Aberdeen & Rockfish put an engine out on display for the weekend, an... (more)
A special train consisting of mostly NCDOT equipment crosses the Atlantic & Western diamond at Sanford enroute to Pinehurst.
RNCX 1797, the "City of Asheville", brings up the rear of the Open Express train on rare mileage at Sanford.
Amtrak "Open Express" 1173 pulls into the siding at Sanford to allow P092 to pass before heading to Pinehurst.
The Open Express sails through Apex with NCDOT's F59PHI pair for power and a variety of passenger equipment.
Amtrak/NCDOT "Open Express" 1171 heads through Apex with a mixed consist of NCDOT, Amtrak and ACWR passenger equipment running from Raleigh to Pinehurst for the US Open.
METX 88, one of Metra's F59PHI locomotives acquired from Amtrak Surfliner (and still wearing that road's silver and blue paint), leads an outbound commuter train through Elmwood Park, IL.
NCDOT's US Open Special heads northbound over the Haw River on the way from Pinehurst to Raleigh. The track is the former Seaboard Air Line main.
"Banana" prepares to depart with San Joaquin Service train #703.
Amtrak "Open Express" test train 873 (running as P948 on CSX) hustles south through Sanford on the CSX Aberdeen Sub behind both NCDOT F59PHIs and a consist of Piedmont coaches. They're h... (more)
METX 90 leads an outbound train through Lombard during the afternoon rush.
The Chicago and North Western heritage unit leads an outbound train through Elmhurst on a beautiful evening in the western suburbs.
