Railroading in Western North Carolina

Joseph Bowman’s photography captures the evolving railroads of Western North Carolina, from mainline freight to rare steam excursions and historic final runs.

Photographer Joseph Bowman engages readers with a visual tour of the railroads of Western North Carolina. Enjoy scenes of busy mainline action on Norfolk Southern and CSX mainlines including unit coal and manifest freight action on the once busy Old Fort Loops. Joseph also documents several short line railroads which play a vital role ...