VENUS21 with a #C-40B makes a brief visit to #Greensboro on June 30. #USAF #avgeek #GSO

Christian Currao, a tower operator at #Amtrak Thorn Tower poses for a photo on June 20 - the tower’s final day of control over #Thorn Interlocking before being cutover to modern systems the next day in #Thorndale, Pa. The 87-year old tower will continue to be staffed until the end of 2025.

#ReadingandNorthern T1 4-8-4 No. 2102 heads north from #Nesquehoning, Pa. into the #LehighRiver Gorge and the #PoconoMountains on the "The Road of Anthracite" towards #Tunkhannock on June 21. Two Reading and Northern diesels assisted the 2102 over the mountain between Mountain Top and Pittston.

Coal trains NS 768 NS 810 head down the Altavista District (ex-VGN) on June 14, featuring multiple N&W CPLs in their final days in Long Island, Va. and Aspen, Va.

President Donald J. Trump visits Pike Field to speak to troops, families and the public to celebrate the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S Army on June 10 in Fort Bragg, N.C. Trump watched a Special Forces Operations demonstration nearby prior to speaking. On assignment for SIPA USA

#JetZero Co-founder and CEO Tom O' Leary presents a Z4 model to #NorthCarolina Gov. #JoshStein on June 12 after announcing #Greensboro as the site of their first #Z4 aircraft factory at Piedmont Triad International Airport. #ncpol #avgeek #aviation #news #photog

Aviation action over Fort Bragg on June 10 #military #USAF #USArmy #fortbragg #fortliberty

#NCDOT #Transportation Secretary Joey R. Hopkins presents the “City of Burlington,” painted in the original #Piedmont paint scheme to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the #Amtrak Piedmont service on May 30, at Raleigh Union Station in #Raleigh, N.C. On assignment for Trains Magazine news wire

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth takes to the stage at Pike Field in Fort Bragg, N.C. on June 10, 2025. The event commemorated the upcoming 250th anniversary of the U.S Army. For SIPA USA #fortbragg #fortliberty #petehegseth #ncpol #secdef #news #photog

Firefighters from the Greensboro Fire Department respond to a second-alarm house fire on the 1700 block of Westridge Road on the evening of May 28 in Greensboro, N.C. #Greensborofiredepartment #fireinnc #Greensboro #news #local #firedepartment #guilfordcounty

Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon. nyti.ms/3Sbusb3

On Wednesday, the GOP's streak of 17 consecutive statewide judicial victories will end, as Riggs will have her state Supreme Court win certified. Since GOP lawmakers made such judicial contests partisan, Republicans have gone 22-5. #ncpol

U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets perform a live fire demo during the Wings over Wayne 2025 airshow on May 3 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in #Goldsboro, N.C. #USAF #F-15E #Seymourjohnsonafb #airshow #avgeek

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds preform on May 3 in the skies over Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, N.C. for the Wings over Wayne 2025 airshow. #USAF #Thunderbirds #WOW25 #SeymorJohnsonAFB #goldsboronc #avgeek #airshow

U.S. Air Force Maj. Josh “Shadow” Burress of Greensboro (Left) prepares to start up his #F-16C #FightingFalcon jet, Thunderbird Two, during the 2025 Wings Over Wayne airshow on May 3 at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in #Goldsboro, N.C. #wingsoverwayne2025 #wow25 #seymourjohnsonafb #thunderbirds

#CSX northbound #train #L607 clears the newly-activated signals at CP North Smithfield (A-164.4) and the now-inactive #AtlanticCoastLine Railroad signal gantry near sunset on May 3 in #Smithfield, N.C.

Protesters march by the International Civil Rights Center & Museum, the site of the 1960 #Greensboro sit-ins by the at the then F. W. #Woolworth Co. department store during the #50501protests against the #Trump administration on April 19 in Greensboro, N.C. #protests #A&Tfour #ncpol

#CSX local #train L606 heads south with #CSXT1186 (fmr. SCL 4216) a MP15AC in the lead on home rails south from #Henderson along the ex-Seaboard #S-Line on April 18 through #Franklinton, #Youngsville, across the Edgeton Interlocking, and past the now-vacant #Seaboard Station in #Raleigh.

#Norfolksouthern #train 955-13, the Masters Office Car Special makes the long trek northwards through North Carolina on April 15 back to Altoona, Pa. after the historic conclusion of the 89th #MastersTournament in Augusta, Ga. The #SouthernRailway retro unit led the way in #NC on home rails.

The Samaritan's Purse Douglas DC-8-72 Combi (N782SP) approaches Runway 23L at Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C. on April 14 on the return trip from Bangkok, Thailand via Anchorage, Ak. after delivering earthquake relief to Myanmar. #avgeek #DC8 #Greensboro #aviation #n782sp

Today is April 14. Exactly 113 years ago tonight, the White Star Line's RMS #Titanic would strike an iceberg and sink, claiming the lives of roughy 1,500 people.

The #NorfolkSouthern #Masters OCS, NS 955-31 passes under the #SouthernRailway signal gantries at CP Adams on April 1 in Concord, N.C. ahead of the 89th playing of the Masters Tournament at #Augusta National Golf Club, where #RoryMcIlroy would take the green jacket and complete the grand slam.

NEW: In split decision, NC Court of Appeals rules in Republican Jefferson Griffin's favor in his challenge of 65,000 votes. However, they order a 15-day cure period, rather than immediately throwing out all ballots #ncpol www.newsobserver.com/news/politic...

The Samaritan's Purse #Douglas #DC-8 Combi departed #Greensboro, N.C. this morning, March 31 bound for #Myanmar via #Calgary, Canada to deliver aid after the 7.7 magnitude #earthquake on March 28. While departing, the jet (due to be retired at the end of 2025) blasted pollen off the runway. #ncwx

Two former Kansas City Southern locomotives lead #NorfolkSouthern loaded ethanol train 6W4 southward through Ruffin, N.C. on March 26. #fallenflag #KCS #CPKC #NS

#NorfolkSouthern #train 746 winds its way down the former Norfolk & Western #Winston-Salem District and onto the Belews Creek spur to deliver #coal loads to Duke Energy's #BelewsCreek Steam Station on March 28.

#NorfolkSouthern intermodal #train 28R opens up the throttle past "Devils Dip" along the former Southern Railway mainline on March 26 near #Pelham, N.C.

#Amtrak #Piedmont 73 with "the city of #Asheville" in the lead crosses over the 87-year-old truss #bridge over Webb Avenue in #Burlington, N.C. as #spring blooms on March 25. The bridge was built by the Greensboro-based Carolina Steel & Iron Co. in 1938. #ncwx #NCDOT #RNCX1797

A #Delta 717-200 operating #DAL3173 from Atlanta, Ga. takes taxiway E towards the terminal after landing at Piedmont Triad International Airport in #Greensboro, N.C. on Runway 23R on March 20. #avgeek #flyfrompti #GSO #PTI #Boeing717

#NorfolkSouthern local train P05 passes by the #WGHP-TV #FOX8 broadcast television transmitter tower in #Sophia, N.C. on the second day of spring, March 21. The "thank you to our railroaders" locomotive, NS 4822 trailed on the run south towards #Asheboro. #ncwx

Near one inch #hail here in NE Greensboro. #ncwx

Northbound #NorfolkSouthern manifest #train NS 119-05 rounds the curve towards the intermediate signals at Hilltop towards #Greensboro, N.C., at #sunset on March 5 with conductor Jeffrey Hurley on board the first #SD70ACC DC to AC conversion rebuild.

Norfolk Southern's Southern Railway unit, NS 8099, sits at Greensboro's Pomona Yard during the night on Feb. 28 on former Southern Railway territory with conductor Jeffery Hurley on board while leading train 134. The first AC44C6M, NS 4000 works the yard in the background.

Curtain call for the TCB Brian Clarey, co-founder and former Publisher/Executive Editor of the Triad City Beat speaks inside Scuppernong Books in #Greensboro, N.C. on Feb. 28 as weekly paper celebrated 11 years of business after publishing the final edition on Feb. 20. #TriadCityBeat #localnews

#NorfolkSouthern train 746 arrives at Duke Energy's #BelewsCreek Steam Station on Feb. 24 with bituminous #coal loads to feed the hungry Babcock & Wilcox boilers at the plant. The plant creates electricity for the #PiedmontTriad region. #dukeenergy

Four U.S. Marine Corps pilots fly AV-8B Harrier II "jump" jets into Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, N.C. on Feb. 22 to refuel twice on a training flight from MCAS Cherry Point. #MCASCherryPoint #VMA223 #Bulldogs #USmarinecorps #Harriers #AV8B #avgeek #Greensboro

North Carolinians gather at the State Capitol in #Raleigh on Feb. 17 to protest against Judge Jefferson Griffin's (R) legal challenges with 65,000 ballots against certifying the Nov. 5, 2024, NC Supreme Court race against incumbent Judge Allison Riggs (D), who leads by 734 votes. #NCpol #NCcourts

Demonstrators repetitively shout "Gulf of Mexico" in protest of President Trump's decision to rename the body of water to the "Gulf of America" and Trump's immigration policies during the "50 states, 50 protests, one day" protest on Feb. 17 in Raleigh, N.C. #NCpol #PresidentsDay #gulfofMexico

Alan Perdue and Randall Gray lead the roughly 12,500-ton train NS 18W-14 south along the former N&W "Punkin Line" on Feb. 14 from Roanoke, Va. to Walnut Cove, N.C., with the Virginian Railway heritage unit on the point. Near sunset, 18W met northbound train 11E at Stoneville.

Duke Energy's Belews Creek Steam Station, generating power for the Piedmont Triad, seen at sunset on Feb. 14. #BelewsCreek produces 2.24 gigawatts of power and is the largest coal-based plant in the Carolinas. #Dukeenergy #coal

A woman was hit and killed by #NorfolkSouthern #train 51E around 11 a.m. at the crossing on Eugene Street in #Greensboro.

A victim was hit by a #NorfolkSouthern train on the CF-line wye along Eugene Street this morning in #Greensboro. More updates to follow. #localnews

Two U.S. Marine Corps #AV-8B #Harrier II jets assigned to Marine Attack Squadron 223 #VMA-223, aka the "Bulldogs," made two refueling stops at Piedmont Triad International Airport in #Greensboro, N.C., on Feb. 9 as part of a training flight.

Scenes from the 50501 protest against the #Trump administration, #Project2025, and #ElonMusk around the grounds of the State Capitol in #Raleigh on Feb. 5 #ncpol

Photogs of Raleigh, including @cornwhizzle.bsky.social

#NorfolkSouthern local train P07 made the trek on Feb. 5 from East Durham Yard to #Carrboro to deliver coal loads to #UNC-ChapelHill's #CogenerationPlant. The plant uses a mix of coal, gas, fuel oil and diesel to produce 36 megawatts of electricity and steam to power the campus at #UNC.

A single #SpaceX #Falcon9 Merlin MVac engine pushes the second stage and Maxar's WorldView Legion 5 & 6 satellites to orbit as seen from #Greensboro, N.C. on Feb. 4. #ncwx

Going to attempt to shoot to tonight’s #SpaceX #Falcon9 Maxar 3 launch here in Greensboro. The former Greensboro News & Record site is also across the street.

If anyone has any leads on #ICE activity in the #Greensboro - #HighPoint - #Winston-Salem area, please let me know. Willing to speak under condition of anonymity if needed. #ncpol