A lucky leap day with P07 sitting on the runaround track in downtown Carrboro. It's quite unusual to see P07 out here at night as they usually run around lunchtime, but it seems the crew has tied ... (more)
Norfolk Southern GP38-3 5835 collects the first of two cuts of cars to be pulled to the Cogeneration Plant while NS 7105 stays in the yard with the second cut.
NS P07 pulls loaded cars across Bolin Creek Trestle. This train is bound for UNC Chapel Hill's Cogeneration Facility and the Ready Mix Concrete Company.
NS P07 pulls loaded coal cars into UNC Chapel Hill's Cogeneration Facility.
A school bus pulls up to the crossing just as NS local P07 activates the lights and bells.
The sign reading "Sun Mountain Weaving" is in relatively good shape, but the trees growing out of the walkway in front of the dilapidated building speak to a long period of inactivity. Behind it, ... (more)
Passing a mini-orchard on the way to Carrboro
Burlington Local P07 trundles across one of several grade crossings on the line to Carrboro protected only with the classic crossbucks.
This is Piedmont North Carolina branch line railroading - Burlington Local P07 passes by the giant sign for the Farm House Restaurant, a rustic steak house in the woods north of Chapel Hill. Direc... (more)
Waiting to be unloaded
An empty coal car is parked on the Duke University spur over the weekend.
The NS Burlington Local pauses in the small yard at Carrboro. The uniquely decorated patio is part of a restaurant called Southern Rail, housed in two renovated passenger cars behind the photograp... (more)