Aberdeen Carolina & Western E9A
Rolling across Main Street in Troy, N.C., Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company E9A No. 103, debuts on a deadhead passenger run on Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
Wadeville Fire Department posed its 2021 E-One Typhoon engine as the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company E9A No. 103 rolls through town on Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
Passing the Montgomery County Airport at Star, N.C., the Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company E9A No. 103, is shown in a pan photo Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
AC&W Railway Company E9A No. 103 sets a passenger car out at Star, N.C., on Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
Rolling along Dairy Road southwest of Troy, N.C., the debut run of AC&W Railway Company E9A No. 103, is shown Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
Approaching Norwood, N.C., in a light rain, AC&W Railway Company E9A No. 103, is shown Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
AC&W Railway Company E9A No. 103, at Oakboro, N.C., on Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
AC&W Railway Company poses its passenger train being led by E9A, No. 103, on the Duke Energy Hydro Dam over the Pee Dee River west of Mt. Gilead, North Carolina on Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
Noted railroad photographer Kermit Geary Jr. videos and photographs the maiden voyage of the AC&W Railway Company E9A, No. 103, along Rambler Road at Cabarrus Station, N.C., on Thursday, May 25th, 2023. Steve Smedley
The short line, Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railway Company, debuts its rebuilt and repainted former Union Pacific E9A locomotive, No. 103, on an equipment ferry move on May 25. Then E9A leads former Norfolk Southern F9A and F9B locomotives between the company’s headquarters and main shops at Candor, N.C., and Charlotte, N.C. Here are the photos captured from this event.
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Why were they setting out a car at Star, NC?
Good to see old UP covered wagons still on the move. I see they removed the upper vent covers that UP installed to give the E9’s better ventilation and keep hail and ice out of the ventilation hatches. Guess they aren’t needed in the Carolina weather. ” Nothing could be finah’ than to be in Carolina…”