Site Log

February 22 - Friday Flower 2019/08

snow bell

​

February 8 - Smithsonian

American History Museum

​

February 8 - Friday Flower 2019/06

Spanish bayonet

​

February 4 - Point of Rocks

a classic rail station in western Maryland

​

February 4 - Pictures-A-Week 52

December 23-29

​

February 3 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

The American Indian in North Carolina by Douglas Rights

​

February 1 - Week 52 Trains

December 23-29 in Maryland and DC

​

February 1 - Friday Flower 2019/05

another pansy

​

January 31 - John Waters’ Indecent Exposure

Baltimore Museum of Art

​

January 31 - Pictures-A-Week 51

December 16-22

​

January 25 - Week 51 Trains

December 16-22 in Chocowinity

​

January 25 - Friday Flower 2019/04

pansy

​

January 23 - Foggy day along the Pamlico

cruising the Pamlico basin December 15

​

January 23 - Week 50 Trains

December 9-15 in Wilson & Chocowinity

​

January 22 - CC & T

a November performance

​

January 22 - CLNA Yard

Poking around the Carolina Coastal yard

​

January 18 - Pictures-A-Week 50

December 9-15

​

January 18 - Week 49 Trains

December 2-8 around Beaufort County

​

January 18 - Friday Flower 2019/03

sunflower

​

January 11 - Another day down east

Pamlico Beach

​

January 11 - Friday Flower 2019/02

dead flowers

​

January 11 - Pictures-A-Week 49

December 2-8

​

January 4 - Friday Flower 2019/01

tea camellia 

​

January 4 - New ties for Marsden

railroad track work in Chocowinity

​

January 3 - West Virginia antique trains

Durbin, Elkins, Belington, Philippe WV

​

December 31 - Fountain speed records

Pamlico River 1995

​

December 31 - Week 48 Trains

November 25-December 1 NC trains

​

December 31 - Pictures-A-Week 48

November 25-December 1

​

December 28 - Week 47 Trains

November 18-24

​

December 28 - Washington’s decorative caboose

Seaboard gray before it was disguised in Southern orange (1986)

​

December 28 - Friday Flower 52

aster

​

December 27 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction (Eighth Series)

​

December 25 - Pictures-A-Week 47

November 18-24

​

December 23 - ACL milepost

Wharton Station (1995)

​

December 23 - Belhaven boats and City Hall

Pantego Creek (1995)

​

December 23 - A day Down East

part 3, a peek at fishing village Atlantic, NC

​

December 21 - Friday Flower 51

another Christmas cactus

​

December 20 - Seaboard station

Suffolk VA (1995)

​

December 20 - Trains Week 46

November 11-17

​

December 20 - Southern paint

Norfolk Southern GP59 in Southern Railroad green (1995)

​

December 17 - Lake Mattamuskeet twister

New Holland NC (1986)

​

December 17 - Old fishing boats

Engelhard NC (1990)

​

December 17 - Jesus Christ on a step ladder

Elizabeth City NC (1990)

​

December 17 - A day Down East

A peek at fishing villages, part 2

​

December 14 - Friday Flower 50

Christmas Cactus

​

December 12 - Swanquarter harbor

how it looked in June 1986

​

December 12 - A day Down East

A peak at fishing villages, part 1

​

December 12 - CLNA 265 crossing Cuckolds Creek

Belhaven 1989

​

December 12 - Pictures-A-Week 46

November 11-17

​

December 9 - New crossing signal

Washington NC 1990

​

December 9 - Rainy grain bins

Williamston NC 1986

​

December 9 - Norfolk Southern GP38-2

Washington NC 1990

​

December 9 - Fishing boat

Engelhard NC 1990

​

December 6 - Friday Flower 49

morning glory

​

December 6 - Short line trains

Chocowinity & Washington November 4-10

​

December 5 - Pictures-A-Week 45

November 4-10

​

December 5 - Motor scooter prep

Washington (1986)

​

December 5 - Man-powered track work

Belhaven (1989)

​

December 5 - Belhaven fishing boats

Shoemaker Creek (1989)

​

November 30 - Friday Flower 48

wandering jew

​

November 26 - Hugh Martin & friends

Lone fisherman on foggy Pamlico

​

November 26 - Class-One Trains

Choco & Greenville November 4-10

​

November 26 - Loading grain hopper

grain bins in Belhaven (1989)

​

November 26 - Whichards Beach gatekeeper

young lady reading (1986)

​

November 24 - MOW truck

bread truck reincarnate

​

November 24 - Chasing 265

I follow a freight from Pinetown to Belhaven and back again

​

November 24 - Sitting on the wharf

Engelhard (1990)

​

November 23 - Water tower work

Washington (1986)

​

November 23 - Friday Flower 47

firecracker sunflower

​

November 23 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

Schafer & Welsh — Streamliners, History of a Railroad Icon

​

November 18 - Bills Hot Dogs

behind the counter (1990)

​

November 18 - Caboose and conductor

Pamlico trestle (1990)

​

November 18 - Week 45 Trains

Chocowinity and Selma freights

​

November 16 - Aurora Derelict

abandoned wooden boat (1986)

​

November 16 - Ex-SOU GP38

train crossing Pamlico River (1989)

​

November 16 - Friday Flower 46

redstar

​

November 14 - Pictures-A-Week 44

October 28-November 3

​

November 13 - Topping tobacco

near Washington (1986)

​

November 13 - Oncoming light

Pamlico River rail trestle (1990)

​

November 13 - Painting a trawler

Swan Quarter (1986)

​

November 11 - Mary Bell Toler

cat napping (1986)

​

November 11 - Shark Alert

a large by-catch (1986)

​

November 11 - 44-tonner

another angle Carolina Coastal switcher (1989)

​

November 9 - Fairfield Draw

Highway 94 crosses the Intracoastal (1990)

​

November 9 - A Man and his Dog

buddies on a bike (1986)

​

November 9 - Friday Flower 45

aster

​

November 6 - Pictures-A-Week 43

October 21-27

​

November 6 - Belhaven wharf

downtown waterfront boats (1989)

​

November 6 - Little switcher

Carolina Coastal’s 44Tonner (1989)

​

November 4 - Blunder Bass

from Uncle Ric’s Photo Oddities 1990

​

November 3 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

First in Flight by Stephen Kirk

​

November 3 - Castle Goats

1990 attempt to populate Castle Island

​

November 2 - Friday Flower 44

coreopsis

​

November 2 - Old Boats

yet another new gallery of old Ric Carter photos

​

November 2 - Old Trains

another new gallery of old Ric Carter photos

​

October 31 - Pictures-A-Week 42

October 14-21

​

October 31 - Week 42 Trains

October 14-21

​

October 31 - Old News

a new gallery of old Ric Carter photos

​

October 26 - Friday Flower 43

heath aster

​

October 25 - More shop photos

Carolina Coastal’s Wilson shop

​

October 25 - Week 41 Trains

October 6-13

​

October 25 - Pictures-A-Week 41

October 6-13

​

October 22 - Week 40 Trains

September 30-October 6

​

October 22 - Pictures-A-Week 40

September 30-October 6

​

October 19 - Friday Flower 42

broomsedge

​

October 19 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

Man Ray by Roland Penrose

​

October 17 - Week 39 Trains

September 23-29

​

October 17 - NC State Fair

Monday at the Fair

​

October 13 - Union Station

Raleigh’s new passenger rail station

​

October 13 - Pictures-A-Week 39

September 23-29

​

October 12 - Friday Flower 41

morning glory

​

October 12 - Streets of Raleigh 2

candid street photography from September 26

​

October 11 - Pictures-A-Week 38

September 16-22

​

October 10 - Week 38 Trains

an unusual run by Norfolk Southern

​

October 10 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

Tales From Old Carolina by F. Roy Johnson

​

October 6 - Pictures-A-Week 37

September 9-15

​

October 6 - Week 36 Trains

September 2-8

​

October 5 - Carolina Coastal Railway Yard

a look at the Wilson shop

​

October 5 - Friday Flower 40

Carolina Elephantsfoot

​

October 2 - Rockin’ Robins

a flock of robins playing in the yard

​

October 2 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

Thomas Jefferson’s The Life and Morals of Jesus

​

September 30 - Pictures-A-Week 36

September 2-8

​

September 30 - Week 35 Trains

August 26-September 1

​

September 28 - Pictures-A-Week 35

August 26-September 1

​

September 28 - Friday Flower 39

Virginia Creeper

​

September 25 - Big fuzzy yard visitor

a curious tourist

​

September 25 - Week 34 Trains

Chocowinity August 19-25

​

September 21 - Friday Flower 38

spatter dock

​

September 20 - Pictures-A-Week 34

August 19-25

​

September 20 - Week 33 Trains

foreign power in Choco

​

September 14 - Friday Flower 37

cana lily

​

September 13 - Great Blue Heron

a chummy, town based heron

​

September 13 - Straight line fever

a box turtle swimming the creek

​

September 10 - Pictures-A-Week 33

August 12-18

​

September 10 - Week 32 trains

Just around Chocowinity’s Marsden Yard

​

September 10 - Keeping the fleet moving

TB Smith boatyard in Beaufort

​

September 6 - Friday Flower 36

beggar-lice/desmodium

​

August 31 - Friday Flower 35

portulaca 

​

August 30 - Pictures-A-Week 32

August 5-11

​

August 28 - Beach trip

vacationing on the Outer Banks 

​

August 28 - More signs in the sign gallery

a fresh dozen pics of signs 

​

August 26 - Shakin’ Sherman at the Berkeley

Raleigh on June 8, 2018 

​

August 26 - Sonic Bonnet

a large, modern locomotive passing through 

​

August 26 - Wanchese

a small gallery from a quick visit 

​

August 24 - Pictures-A-Week 31

here, there, and, yonder 

​

August 24 - Friday Flower 34

evening primrose 

​

August 21 - Bubbles on the Beach

soapy fun 

​

August 21 - Another Choco Variety Show

KCS leads the parade 

​

August 21 - Bill Lyerly on a Sunday afternoon

Garner’s Tavern in the Grove 

​

August 17 - Friday Flower 33

lotus 

​

August 16 - Choco Variety Show

lots of colors in the yard 

​

August 13 - Matt Holloman

a singer/guitarist 

​

August 13 - Swan Quarter Harbor

photo quick hit 

​

August 11 - Pictures-A-Week 30

here, there, and, yonder 

​

August 11 - Crab corner

a small landing off Duck Creek 2009

​

August 11 - A bygone day and station

Raleigh’s old, now gone, rail passenger station

​

August 10 - Friday Flower 32

marsh mallow and insect

​

August 10 - NW scale test car

an old waits at Porter waiting for Marsden Yard

​

August 10 - Tanager feeding young

five photo sequence

​

August 9 - Pictures-A-Week 29

July 15-21

​

August 9 - Decorated Fish House

Manns Harbor 2009

​

August 9 - Seaboard Trestle

old Raleigh rail overpass

​

August 5 - Yard Repair

a dry-docked trawler in Wanchese

​

August 5 - City of Raleigh

NCDOT 1792

​

August 3 - Capital City people pusher

2009 Amtrak

​

August 3 - Kite Festival

40th Annual Wright Kite Festival

​

August 3 - Friday Flower 31

Joe Bells

​

July 31 - Pictures-A-Week 28

bird, and trains, and sunsets on the creek

​

July 31 - Carolina Coastal GP16

1721 visits Choco back in 2009

​

July 31 - Homebuilt?

an unusual trawler in Swan Quarter 2016

​

July 28 - Passing freight

E53 gives way for F727

​

July 28 - Skiff and Scruff

Manns Harbor

​

July 28 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

Hans Richter’s Dada -- Art and Anti-Art

​

July 27 - Shrimping starts

trawlers come and go in Swan Quarter

​

July 27 - Gator Southern-style

E349 LHF toward Linwood

​

July 27 - Friday Flower 30

another of our swamp beauties

​

July 26 - Pictures-A-Week 27

boats and planes and trains and pets and Fourth of July

​

July 25 - Catching up on paperwork

Amtrak dining car

​

July 25 - Unloading oysters

Swan Quarter 2016

​

July 23 - Streets of Raleigh

a little street photography

​

July 23 - Luke Cage conductor?

Amtrak in Raleigh

​

July 23 - Sophia Ann

boats and gear in Engelhard

​

July 21 - Fresh Signs

the first dozen are newly added to my sign gallery

​

July 21 - Pictures-A-Week 26

more birds and trains and sunsets

​

July 20 - Friday Flower 29

a Swan Quarter beauty

​

July 20 - NS 4000 and 8000

Marsden gathering

​

July 20 - Summer Gale

Oyster Creek Landing

​

July 18 - Pictures-A-Week 25

a few from around town

​

July 18 - eyeWITNess news

Chocowinity’s old TV station destroyed

​

July 17 - Trains from Week 24

Chocowinity, Selma, Raleigh

​

July 17 - Dena Marie

Englehard harbor 2014

​

July 17 - Pictures-A-Week 24

street scenes, music, life on the creek

​

July 14 - Crab Ranch

North Creek 2011

​

July 14 - Sonic Bonnet

Norfolk Southern Locomotive 4000 in Choco

​

July 13 - Friday Flower 28

hydrangea

​

July 12 - Engelhard

the harbor in 2014

​

July 12 - Sullivan Maintenance Yard

Amtrak’s MOW equipment in Odenton, MD

​

July 10 - Night Stalker

Swan Quarter Harbor 2009

​

July 10 - Selma trains

Week 23 trains around Selma NC

​

July 10 - On the beach road

the old road on NC’s Outer Banks

​

July 7 - Pictures-A-Week 23

June 3-9

​

July 7 - Boneyard

April fundraiser performance at the Turnage

​

July 6 - Friday Flower 27

a swamp faerie

​

July 6 - Uncle Ric’s Reading List

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

​

July 5 - Playing with fire

toying with photographing fireworks

​

July 3 - Train chasing around town

views from the tracks around Greenville and Chocowinity

​

July 3 - Stumpy Point

a quick pass through this Eastern fishing village

​

July 2 - Pictures-A-Week 22

May 27-June 2

​

July 2 - Eddie and the Boys

April fundraiser performance at the Turnage

​

July 1 - Puttering around Maryland

trains from around Odenton and Annapolis Junction

​

July 1 - Uncle Ric’s Reading List

Random Shots by John G. Bragaw

​

June 30 - Cast Net

Catching bait in the Pamlico

​

June 29 - Friday Flower 26

Queen Anne’s Lace in Chocowinity

​

June 29 - Amtrak commuters

along the Northeast Corridor on Memorial Day

​

June 28 - National Zoo

we visited the zoo in DC with the girls

​

June 28 - High and Dry

stranded wooden fishing boat in Wanchese

​

June 28 - Rara Avis

a special SD60 in Chocowinity

​

June 26 - Pictures-A-Week 21

May 20-26

​

June 26 - Crabber’s Mooring

Mallard Creek outside Bath, NC

​

June 25 - Deteriorating boat

a slowly wasting fishing boat in Swan Quarter

​

June 25 - 727 clear Marsden

CSX phosphate train through Chocowinity NC

​

June 24 - Accident Rates

1926 newspaper clipping

​

June 24 - Judy and Jerry’s house

Assembling a pre-fab house

​

June 23 - Pictures-A-Week 20

May 13-19

​

June 22 - Friday Flower 25

a pond-side blue flag

​

June 19 - RIP Roxy

gone, my best dog ever

​

June 19 - Snapping Turtle laying

another eggs clutch is added to our yard

​

June 19 - Week 19 Trains

hanging in the swamp again

​

June 18 - Pictures-A-Week 19

May 6-12

​

June 18 - Addition to Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading list

Barry Miles’ Zappa-A Biography

​

June 16 - Shedder

night shift in Crisfield VA

​

June 16 - Luzia

Cirque du Soleil in DC on Memorial Day weekend

​

May 29 - Blue Beluga

ET44AC demo unit leads E49 into Choco

​

May 26 - Addition to Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading list

Peter Makuck’s Costly Habits

​

May 25 - Week 18 Trains

hanging in the swamp

​

May 25 - Friday Flower 21

’tis the season for the bays

​

May 23 - CSX 727 flying low

passing through Choco

​

May 22 - Airport

Lowland, NC fish house

​

May 22 - Pictures-A-Week 18

April 29-May 5

​

May 22 - NS Passenger service

1925 WDN clipping

​

May 19 - Feeding hoppers

Bailey Feeds in Selma, NC

​

May 19 - Week 17 Trains

Choco action April 22-28

​

May 18 - Tangier Marsh

Chesapeake Bay wetland

​

May 18 - Friday Flower 20

from a roadside

​

May 16 - Poorman’s Flea market

shopping in Pactolus a couple of weeks ago

​

May 16 - Crisfield twilight

the harbor in 2014

​

May 16 - Pictures-A-Week 17

stayed close to home April 22-28

​

May 15 - Shuttle Skiffs

skiffs on Tangier Island in the Chesapeake Bay

​

May 15 - Carolina Coastal before and after

a trio of GP9s in their old and new plumage

​

May 12 - Cooper Greer

country baritone performing in Washington, NC

​

May 12 - Copperhead

live snake in the middle of the road

​

May 12 - Rose Bay Creek

small fishing boat in Hyde County

​

May 12 - Pamlico Crossing

Carolina Coastal 119 in Little Washington

​

May 11 - Friday Flower 19

bristle thistle

​

May 10 - Bill Lyerly at Market Street Pub

finished my gallery from Bill’s February appearance in Washington

​

May 10 - Week 16 Trains

all Chocowinity and Washington

​

May 10 - In the rushes

Manns Harbor 2009

​

May 9 - Pictures-A-Week 16

April 15-21

​

May 7 - When the MOWing gets tough

Glenwood Yard 2016

​

May 7 - Trawler & Nets

Beaufort NC

​

May 6 - E49 in Choco

SD70ACe leads the train Southern Style

​

May 6 - Avon NC

the harbor in 2014

​

May 6 - Ronny K & Maci K

from Rock the Pamlico fundraiser

​

May 5 - Rose Bay Creek docks

more Hyde County work boats

​

May 5 - Week 15 Trains

a varied week in Chocowinity

​

May 4 - Friday Flower 18

St Peters Episcopal Church yard

​

May 4 - Backshop

Beaufort NC 2013

​

May 4 - MW & Company

from Rock the Pamlico fundraiser

​

May 1 - Week 14 trains

lots of Carolina Coastal and much more

​

May 1 - Pictures-A-Week 15

getting around eastern North Carolina

​

April 29 - 1987 grain bin collapse

Washington corn spill

​

April 29 - GP9 long-hood-forward

Whootentown grain field

​

April 29 - Snug harbor

Swan Quarter 2009

​

April 27 - Friday Flower 17

Dianthus fire witch, St Peters Episcopal

​

April 26 - Boat Mascot

Rose Bay 2009

​

April 26 - Fresh signs for gallery

the first 12 are new, keep going to see all of the 2018 additions

​

April 26 - Pictures-A-Week 14

hockey and animals and trains

​

April 24 - Amtrak Waiting

Rocky Mount last month

​

April 24 - Slow wasting

an old wharf in Swan Quarter, 2009

​

April 24 - Uncle Ric’s Irresponsible Reading List

books I’ve read since retiring

​

April 23 - Homeside

Fishing boats in Wanchese 2009

​

April 23 - Pamlico River Trestle

Southern freight crossing river 1987

​

April 22 - Rock the Pamlico

A Washington fundraiser for Arc

​

April 21 - Week 13 Trains

Rocky Mount and Chocowinity

​

April 21 - Hopeful

Swan Quarter 2011

​

April 21 - Southern crossing Pamlico

Little Washington 1987

​

April 20 - Pennsy Heritage video

commemorative locomotive southbound in Wilmar

​

April 20 - Pennsy Heritage

commemorative locomotive visits Choco

​

April 20 - Friday Flower 16

choke cherry

​

April 19 - Ex-SOU GP30

riverside Norfolk Southern train in Little Washington

​

April 19 - Approaching the landing

Oyster Creek Landing 2009

​

April 19 - Maryland in March

Savage Mills, airliners, and passing the Capitol

​

April 18 - Germantown

fishing boats at the top of Germantown Bay 2010

​

April 18 - Week 12 Trains

Laurel MD, Chocowinity NC, Ahoskie NC

​

April 16 - Pictures-A-Week 13

waxwings and skies and a couple of trains

​

April 16 - Old GP38 over Jacks Creek

Norfolk Southern in Washington in 1987

​

April 16 - Lone house

trawler house and steel trawler in Swan Quarter

​

April 14 - Extra train to Aurora today

CSX tanker train headed through Chocowinity

​

April 14 - Old GPs in Rocky Mount

Carolina Coastal Railway stock

​

April 14 - Gates County and back again

a road trip home with Mom

​

April 13 - Friday Flower 15

pink dogwood

​

April 12 - GORAIL Heritage Unit

E49 freak show in Marsden Yard today

​

April 12 - Pictures-A-Week 12

Edenton, Gates County, DC, Laurel MD, Waxwings

​

April 12 - GP9 headed home

Whootentown Road crossing

​

April 12 - Pastel Rose Bay wharf

Rose Bay Oyster, Hyde County, 2009

​

April 10 - Three fishing boats

Pamlico Beach in 2010

​

April 10 - Roanoke River Light

the restored lighthouse in Edenton, NC

​

April 10 - Week 11 Trains

Selma and Chocowinity

​

April 9 - Crossing Guard

Dash-9 at crossing

​

April 9 - Dane Luck again

Swan quarter harbor 2009

​

April 7 - Pictures-A-Week 11

DC, home, and a little more

​

April 7 - Wrights Creek derelict

off Hopkins Seafood 2010

​

April 7 - Warbonnet in Selma

beater bonnet on NS 349

​

April 6 - Friday Flower 14

columbine

​

April 5 - CSX Yard underpass

rainy night in Rocky Mount 2011

​

April 5 - Dockside repairs

Swan Quarter in 2010

​

April 4 - Phosphate train entering yard

CSX hits Marsden

​

April 4 - NS Southbound last night

some foreign power adds color to freight

​

April 3 - Crossing the Pamlico

Carolina Coastal on river trestle

​

April 3 - Trimming out the boat

painting a trawler in Beaufort NC

​

April 1 - Liberty wades ashore

an old April Fool

​

April 1 - Air & Space Museum

a larger gallery from the Smithsonian

​

April 1 - Swan Quarter sunset

late day view of boat and marsh toward Pamlico Sound

​

April 1 - Pictures-A-Week 10

trains and a few other things

​

March 31 - Good Friday sunset

yesterday’s Tranters Creek sunset

​

March 31 - Hobucken dock

a 2012 view of the Inland Waterway

​

March 31 - Pit Stop

refueling a train in Rocky Mount

​

March 29 - Derelict Crabber

sunken in a canal near Swan Quarter 2012

​

March 29 - Friday Flower 13

Calla Lily

​

March 28 - Farm Shed

Uncle Herman’s farm in Gates County NC

​

March 28 - Phosphate Train

CSX making it nightly trip through Chocowinity

​

March 27 - Boarding Amtrak

Raleigh night boarding in 2009

​

March 27 - Crabber dock

North Creek boat, house and shedder shed in 2011

​

March 26 - Fishing a pound net

Ocracoke in 2012

​

March 26 - Trains of week 08

keeping simple with just Chocowinity and Washington this week

​

March 24 - CSX freight

in Raleigh 2009

​

March 24 - Swan Quarter wood

a line on the dock in 1997

​

March 24 - Pictures-A-Week 09

trains and the river and the fleamarket

​

March 23 - Staying and leaving

locomotives in Chocowinity today

​

March 23 - Friday Flower 12

wisteria with a bee

​

March 23 - Moss’s Mill

Little Washington’s riverfront grist mill

​

March 22 - Crabbers dock

Manns Harbor NC 2009

​

March 22 - Pictures-A-Week 08

birds, turtles, trains, music , and more

​

March 22 - Shuffling cars around the yard

building a Norfolk Southern train in Choco

​

March 16 - Friday Flower 11

Star of Bethlehem

​

March 14 - Bill Lyerly Band

February 10, Sunnyside Oyster Bar

​

March 14 - Scotland Neck station

2012 photo of an old ACL station

​

March 14 - Duck Creek

crabber’s landing off the Pamlico River 2009

​

March 12 - Trains of week 07

from Chocowinity and Rocky Mount

​

March 12 - Slow fade

wasting boats in Pamlico Beach

​

March 12 - GP9 in Plymouth

an old GTW locomotive in its old paint

​

March 11 - Crabbers corner

crabbers’ dock in Wanchese NC

​

March 11 - Conrail Quality

a CSX freight through Boylan Wye

​

March 10 - Pictures-A-Week 07

birds and ruins and music and collards

​

March 9 - Shiny Golden Beaver

clean Canadian Pacific locomotive in Selma

​

March 9 - Friday Flower 10

snowbells

​

March 6 - Chasing 265

running alongside Carolina Coastal down east

​

March 6 - Pound posts

Manns Harbor dock

​

March 6 - Lady Conductor

a 2009 Amtrak Raleigh stop

​

March 5 - Governors Hill

a Norfolk Southern GP40-2 overhead in 2009

​

March 5 - Wanchese steel boats

two vessels from 2009

​

March 4 - Hyde trek

just poking around one of my favorite areas

​

March 4 - Marsden Sunday color

all colorful locos in Choco today

​

March 2 - Pamlico plug pulled

the river blew out today

​

March 2 - Train Week 06

the variety of Chocowinity is surprising

​

March 2 - Friday Flower 09

tulip tree or Magnolia Jane

​

March 1 - Closed pedestrian tunnel

abandoned in Elkridge, MD

​

March 1 - Battalina Creek

crabbers and trawlers in Belhaven

​

March 1 - Pictures-A-Week 06

birds, skies, and more from Hyde and Beaufort Counties

​

February 28 - Willie’s shop

a fisherman’s boat building shed (1991)

​

February 28 - A-10 Warthog

military plane at Patrick Olson Fly-In (1991)

​

February 27 - Bill Lyerly at Market Street Pub

Bill and Shelby Wall did power duo duty Friday night

​

February 27 - GG-1

a lapel pin memento of a classic and the original

​

February 26 - Ms. Belinda

Swan Quarter 2009

​

February 26 - Red-bellied woodpecker

a visitor to our suet feeder

​

February 25 - Train Week 05

pics from Maryland to Selma to Choco

​

February 25 - CN guest in Chocowinity

Norfolk Southern hosts another visitor in Marsden

​

February 25 - Dark harbor

Swan Quarter harbor at night

​

February 23 - Beaufort backwater

a creek tie-up on Radio Island

​

February 23 - Friday Flower 08

on of Kitty’s holiday bulbs

​

February 22 - Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park

Wilson park featuring fun art

​

February 22 - Trestle Tender

Carolina Coastal’s bridge tender heads of to be an engineer

​

February 22 - Overgrown

a boat being engulfed in vines in Swan Quarter

​

February 21 - Marsden Conrail

an SD60I before getting its NS colors

​

February 21 - Tangier skiff

from a 2014 Chesapeake Bay visit

​

February 20 - Bone Yard

a fishing trawler is scrapped in Swan Quarter

​

February 20 - Carolinian Conductor

a southbound Amtrak ride, 2010

​

February 20 - Pictures-A-Week 05

grandchild warning! plus a few other pics from Maryland

​

February 18 - Bill Lyerly & Clyde Mattocks

Super Grit founders reunion in Nashville NC

​

February 18 - More HX Tower

There are now six images of Halethorpe’s HX Tower

​

February 18 - Oyster Creek Landing

a Hyde sky over a moored boat

​

February 17 - Tundra Swans

on Pungo Lake wetlands

​

February 17 - Carolina Coastal

returning over Cuckolds Creek trestle

​

February 17 - Masonic Temple

Egyptian Revival Rocky Mount temple

​

February 16 - Capt. Charlie’s

abandoned fish house in Engelhard

​

February 16 - Crossing gate on pickup

a little late to clear intersection at train crossing

​

February 16 - Friday Flower 07

first daffodil straining to pop

​

February 15 - Tangier boat houses

a skiff and small boat houses on Chesapeake Bay

​

February 14 - Avon Dock

a skiff and fish house on the Pamlico Sound

​

February 14 - Deconstruction Art

abstracts found in Williamston razing

​

February 13 - Week 04 Trains

a large gallery of train pics from 2018’s 4th week

​

February 13 - Small Boats

Wrights Creek Seafood, 2009

​

February 12 - Durham & Southern Bridge

bridge name holdover in Apex

​

February 12 - Pictures-A-Week 04

dogs and urban scenes and airplanes…

​

February 11 - Unloading ballast

acrobatic excavator

​

February 10 - Rose Bay sunset

sitting on the dock of the bay

​

February 9 - Friday Flower 06

a red amaryllis

​

February 9 - Fosters Seafood

a panorama of Wrights Creek in 2009

​

February 9 - Amtrak on the fly

non-stop commuter train powers through Halethorpe, MD

​

February 8 - CLNA late day

Norfolk Southern action delayed Carolina Coastal

​

February 8 - Boot line

gum boots dry in Engelhard

​

February 7 - Marsden Monster

a 6-unit lash-up for Norfolk Southern

​

February 7 - Jet Trails

crossing the Moon

​

February 6 - More Signs

the first 12 are new additions

​

February 6 - Skateboarder

grabbing hills where you can find them

​

February 6 - Pictures-A-Week 03

birds and trains and the Moon and snow and Christmas lights

​

February 5 - Fishing boats at dock

Swan Quarter NC 2010

​

February 5 - HX Tower

an abandoned B&O rail control tower in Maryland

​

February 3 - Skiff under barn shed

a fishing boat country dry-docked

​

February 3 - SD-40 in Marsden

E49 waits while E52 finishes day

​

February 2 - MARC commuter

departing Halethorpe, MD

​

February 2 - Friday Flower 05

polka dot plant

​

February 2 - Passing MARC

commuter train passes through Elkridge, MD

​

February 1 - Silver Lake

over the water house in Ocracoke

​

February 1 - Dash 8 beater unit

a rust bucket loco in Selma

​

January 31 - Pictures-A-Week 02

some things I saw January 7-13

​

January 30 - Duck Creek crabber

a backyard waterman’s dock near Bath, NC

​

January 30 - Ahoskie train depot

three NCVA locomotives on a rainy evening

​

January 29 - Wright’s Creek Marina

the fish house in 2010

​

January 29 - Glenwood Yard on a quiet Friday

just passing by

​

January 28 - Ex-SOU High Hood in Selma

three antiques pointed east

​

January 27 - Pictures-A-Week 01

launching my 15th annual PAW exercise

​

January 26 - Hound horn

a city dog speaks up for his master

​

January 26 - Friday Flower 04

a dried beauty from a sandy hill

​

January 25 - Norfolk Southern Thursday moves

some stay and some leave

​

January 24 - Today’s E49

this afternoon’s arrival from Selma was again interesting

​

January 24 - Enfield tower

the town’s old railroad tower taken in 1997

​

January 24 - Pamlico Sound Trawler

taken on the sound in 1997

​

January 23 - Kansas City Southern

another colorful pull into Chocowinity

​

January 22 - Colorful freight

an afternoon freight here turn out colorful for a change

​

January 22 - Reggie Workman

Turnage Theater  performance at GuitarFest January 13

​

January 22 - Track maintenance in rough weather

a rainy day approaching Jones Street in Raleigh 2011

​

January 22 - ACE

Manns Harbor crab dock 2009

​

January 21 - Dane Luck

wooden fishing boat in Swan Quarter from 2010

​

January 21 - High hoods in Raleigh

two old EMDs from 2012

​

January 19 - Friday Flower 03

one of Kitty’s aloes steps up to volunteer

​

January 19 - Ellicott’s Mills Station

America’s oldest passenger rail station

​

January 19 - Raymond Wescott

a Wanchese part-time fisherman from 2009

​

January 18 - Snowy pier

pier this morning after two straight Wednesday night snows

​

January 17 - Signs Gallery additions

you may know I LOVE signs and collect photos of them

​

January 17 - Jonathan Bowling’s zoo

Greenville sculptor populates town

​

January 16 - Norfolk Southern E52

phosphate train arriving in Chocowinity

​

January 16 - Icy Day #6

what I did with my snow days - part 6

​

January 14 - Belhaven Holiday Toy Trains

a fun show of toy trains in City Hall

​

January 14 - Icy Day #5

what I did with my snow days - part 5

​

January 13 - Night Fog on Tranters Creek

a dark, foggy creek just after sunset

​

January 12 - DOD train in Selma, NC

A train of mostly LAV was sitting in Selma today

​

January 12 - Friday Flower 02

I never knew about frost flowers

​

January 11 - Goddard Space Flight Center

a recent visit to a space museum

​

January 10 - Icy Day #4

what I did with my snow days - part 4

​

January 10 - Four Oaks signal tower

a 2002 railroad memory

​

January 9 - Mississippi Export loco on CLNA 119

a 2010 fright train in Chocowinity

​

January 9 - Icy Day #3

what I did with my snow days - part 3

​

January 8 - Mystery boatyard

a family mystery photo

​

January 8 - Icy Day #2

what I did with my snow days - part 2

​

January 7 - Water Tower & Watermelon

a family mystery photo

​

January 7 - Icy Day #1

what I did with my snow days

​

January 6 - Swamp Ice

jewels in the swamp

​

January 6 - Tranters Creek frozen

for the second straight day, Tranters Creek is frozen across

​

January 5 - Belle of Washington, high and dry

the Belle was left on a pier by Hurricane Irene in 2011

​

January 5 - Friday Flower 01

a faded hydrangea topped with a cap of snow

​

January 4 - Psylo Joe

more than 100 photos of this great jam band from Greenville

​

January 4 - Night Train

a dozen photos of Norfolk Southern building a train in the dark