The Norfolk Southern railroad line along Mill Creek, north of Old Fort, N.C., was destroyed by flood waters from Hurricane Helene. Photographed on Oct. 5, 2024. Robert Willett ...
Jennifer Elsinger, resident of Fremont Street in Taunton, recorded the sounds of freight rail cars venting gas for an extended period in April 2024.
Before Helene, the towns and valleys of Western North Carolina echoed with the rumble and screech of trains that carried freight through the mountains and stopped at factories, mines and lumber yards ...