031150 Norfolk Southern track geometry train
031167 Inspection train for railroad and state dignitaries.
Ernest H. Robl stock
photos:
|
2003 |
December, 2003: Added new page of images of Model railroad subjects.
November, 2003: Inspection trains on newly opened track at Funston, west of Durham, N.C.
031150 Norfolk Southern track geometry train |
On Nov. 20, 2003, two special inspection trains ran on a newly opened section of track of the North Carolina Railroad west of Durham, N.C. For details, see the larger versions of the images. At this location, both the main line and siding are new to a track re-alignment to increase speeds. | 031167 Inspection train for railroad and state dignitaries. |
November, 2003: Added new page of images of Railroad construction and maintenance
This page, accessible through the link above, focuses primarily on work done in central North Carolina on the North Carolina Railroad corridor, aimed at improving passenger train speeds and general track capacity.
| July,
2003: New passenger station, Burlington, NC In July, one of North Carolina's oldest railroad buildings also became the state's newest passenger station. The one-time engine house of the North Carolina railroad has been renovated and converted into a passenger station. The shell of the building dates back to 1868. The photo shows the southbound Amtrak "Carolinian" arriving at the new station. |
 030911 New Burlington, N.C., station |
 030751 N.C. Ports CEO Erik Stromberg |
June,
2003: N.C. State Port, Wilmington, N.C. This shoot focused on updating coverage of the port, with particular emphasis on container operations. This is only a small selection of images from this shoot and of this port. |
 030693 Container crane operator |
 030723 Lifting container |
 030738 Placing container |
Interested in intermodal operations? Be sure to check out the two links below: |
 030746 Container driven away |
 030777 Channel dredging |
June, 2003: Research Triangle Park
Architecture project: Paradigm Genetics
|
 030651 Paradigm Genetics |
|
 030793 June, 2003: Research
Triangle Park |
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the
world's largest pharmaceutical companies. It has an
extensive campus in Research Triangle Park, with many of
the buildings tracing their origin back to individual
pre- merger companies that ultimately made up GSK. The photos to the right and left are of GSK's Girolami Research Building. The images are part of my ongoing project to photograph the architecture of the buildings used by high-tech companies in Research Triangle Park. |
 030800 |
June, 2003
Be sure to check out new photos from the Wright Brothers National Memorial from June of 2003, that have been added to the North Carolina Symbols and Icons page.
 030550 Color guard at start of parade. |
May,
2003 Memorial Day Parade Fayetteville, N.C. with two large military bases (Fort Bragg and Pope AFB) and a Veterans hospital, puts on the largest Memorial Day parade in North Carolina. These are only a few samples. |
|
 030519 Replica of early Wright plane in parade. |
Festival
of Flight (left) Fayetteville, N.C. staged a two-week-long Festival of Flight to celebrate the centennial of the Wright Brothers first powered flight in North Carolina. Nighttime visitor at home (right) |
|
 030411 |
 030387
|
|
|
|
|
||||
 030272 Grade crossing work, Durham, N.C. |
April,
2003 A variety of railroad work continued in North Carolina. At left, a grade crossing is being upgrade in Durham. At right, the historic Hamlet station is being moved to its new location. |
|
 030088 A CSX ballast regulator (left) and tamper have pulled in the clear to allow a freight train to head into Hamlet (N.C.) yard from the west. |
February,
2003 Hamlet, N.C. The historic Hamlet station was almost ready for its move to provide better access to both passengers and visitors. |
|
2002-2003 |
 021580 Ribbon cutting at the station with state and local dignitaries. |
Selma, N.C., Union Station rededicationNovember, 2002 This historic station in now again available to Amtrak passengers. |
|
2002 saw a large amount of railroad related construction work in North Carolina, ranging from rehabilitation of passenger stations to track and signal work. Though some projects were completed in 2002, others were continuing in 2003. I am continuing to document these projects.
For additional description of this coverage, please go to the Stock photo newsletters section of my site and select the link for issue #21.
 030031 Switch replacement, downtown Mebane. The old switch is being removed. |
Track and signal work, Mebane, N.C. January, 2003 Trains can now operate at up to 79 miles per hour on segments of this east-west this line. |
 030059 Norfolk Southern trains meeting under control of newly activated signals. |
2002 |
 |
Left: 020259 Historic Market Square in downtown Roanoke, Va. The old market house is at center, while the displays of a flower vendor are in the foreground. |  |
|
||
| Right: 020321 Headed by a pair of GE locomotives, a Norfolk Southern hopper train (empty coal cars) passes classic position light signals of predecessor Norfolk & Western at Huddleston, Va., on its way to Roanoke, Va., and the Appalachian coal field beyond. |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| 020378 | 020383 | 020399 | 020408 | 020447 |
 020488 |
|
 020167 |
 |
|
| 020165 |
You are currently viewing the page with images featured on the "Recent images page in 2002 and 2003.
Go
to the current "Recent images" page.
View images featured on the "Recent
images" page in 2004 and 2005.
View images featured on the "Recent
images" page in 2000 and 2001.
View images featured on the "Recent
images" page prior to the year 2000.
View images by subject category
[Business] [Pictures
by category]
[Transportation data & commentary] [Stock
photo newsletters]
[Ernest H. Robl Home Page] [Feedback
/ e-mail]
All content of this site is protected by copyright. None of the content of this site may be used for any purpose without specific written permission and the payment of applicable fees.
