This important NS line is home to heavy 100 plus car manifest trains loaded with lumber and wood chips, scrap, chemicals, grain and coal. See the action along the line from Charlotte to Rock Hill in the Carolina’s.

This is big time 21st Century Railroading at its best. Piedmont Piggyback is a collection of over 50 Norfolk Southern intermodal trains along the Main Line between Spartanburg to Spencer. These are NS’s hottest freights.

From Charlotte NC, this program follows the ex Southern main as it twists and turns its way thru the countryside on its way to the big yard at Linwood. Over 50 trains – including North Carolina DOT and Amtrak passenger trains. Volume 2.

Follow the former N&W main between Oakvale, WV and Narrows, VA. See manifest, coal trains, and double stacks. The three year “Heartland Corridor Project”, that expanded clearances, was completed only a few days prior to this visit.

This stretch of railroad is an important part of the former Southern Railway and now Norfolk Southern mainline. Watch the parade of high speed merchandise trains that traverse this vital North-South artery.

Historically, this is the very heart of the Southern Railway’s Atlanta to Washington mainline. Today, it is a racetrack for priority intermodal and merchandise trains. It also plays host to Amtrak and North Carolina commuter trains. Volume 1.