I am a graduate student pursuing my PhD in Pharmacology and Cancer Biology. My main photographic interests are railroads, concerts, and my new home state of NC. Many of my images are available as prints or for commercial use. However, please contact me for prices and availability. The watermarks you see on the images are part of the low-resolution files that I upload to smugmug. By ordering a print through email, you will receive the highest quality print without the watermark. Click here to email me: <a href="mailto:nick@diamonddphotography.com">nick at diamonddphotography dot com</a> http://diamondd.smugmug.com/photos/417266709_Zoyyp-Ti-2.jpg http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/ 2009-11-30T17:52:16Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />Durham's new bus station is ablaze with light on a rainy fall night, as Amtrak's eastbound Piedment train picks up passengers at the new train station in the background. The new transportati ...</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/6557071_HRncK#665434247_ARYT8" title="Durham's new bus station is ablaze with light on a rainy fall night, as Amtrak's eastbound Piedment train picks up passengers at the new train station in the background. The new transportati ..."><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/DSC1391-Amtrak-74-Station/665434247_ARYT8-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Durham's new bus station is ablaze with light on a rainy fall night, as Amtrak's eastbound Piedment train picks up passengers at the new train station in the background. The new transportati ..." title="Durham's new bus station is ablaze with light on a rainy fall night, as Amtrak's eastbound Piedment train picks up passengers at the new train station in the background. The new transportati ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-29T11:23:13Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/DSC1391-Amtrak-74-Station/665434247_ARYT8-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a> </p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/9639392_vappv#650029541_hLYvn" title="Nick D'Amato's photo"><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/DSC0956-MWCRVB-Gaviota-2-small/650029541_hLYvn-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Nick D'Amato's photo" title="Nick D'Amato's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-14T13:56:39Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/DSC0956-MWCRVB-Gaviota-2-small/650029541_hLYvn-Th.jpg 2009-09-05 12:34:16 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />Follow the bouncing red ball as NS 349 heads west out of Raleigh into a gorgeous summer sunset. The flashing light is the End Of Train (EOT) device.</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/6557071_HRncK#628540823_pRnz8" title="Follow the bouncing red ball as NS 349 heads west out of Raleigh into a gorgeous summer sunset. The flashing light is the End Of Train (EOT) device."><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/DSC0502-349-EOT-small-sig/628540823_pRnz8-Th.jpg" width="120" height="150" alt="Follow the bouncing red ball as NS 349 heads west out of Raleigh into a gorgeous summer sunset. The flashing light is the End Of Train (EOT) device." title="Follow the bouncing red ball as NS 349 heads west out of Raleigh into a gorgeous summer sunset. The flashing light is the End Of Train (EOT) device." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-29T11:22:39Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/DSC0502-349-EOT-small-sig/628540823_pRnz8-Th.jpg 2009-08-22 20:24:52 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />Luck was with me as a colorful sunset, a departing Norfolk Southern freight train, and an arriving Amtrak train all converge on Raleigh at the same time.</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Amtrak-in-the-Triangle/8842521_tRW7r#628540744_3SPzZ" title="Luck was with me as a colorful sunset, a departing Norfolk Southern freight train, and an arriving Amtrak train all converge on Raleigh at the same time."><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Amtrak-in-the-Triangle/DSC0499-349-79-Boylan-New/628540744_3SPzZ-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Luck was with me as a colorful sunset, a departing Norfolk Southern freight train, and an arriving Amtrak train all converge on Raleigh at the same time." title="Luck was with me as a colorful sunset, a departing Norfolk Southern freight train, and an arriving Amtrak train all converge on Raleigh at the same time." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-30T12:48:21Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Amtrak-in-the-Triangle/DSC0499-349-79-Boylan-New/628540744_3SPzZ-Th-1.jpg 2009-08-22 20:21:50 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />Following the departure of the southbound Silver Star, the platform lights of the Cary Amtrak station illuminate the CSX rails which will now lie dormant until morning.</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/6557071_HRncK#568483226_gegJo" title="Following the departure of the southbound Silver Star, the platform lights of the Cary Amtrak station illuminate the CSX rails which will now lie dormant until morning."><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/DSC8494-Rails-Crooked-2-small/568483226_gegJo-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Following the departure of the southbound Silver Star, the platform lights of the Cary Amtrak station illuminate the CSX rails which will now lie dormant until morning." title="Following the departure of the southbound Silver Star, the platform lights of the Cary Amtrak station illuminate the CSX rails which will now lie dormant until morning." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-29T11:23:13Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/DSC8494-Rails-Crooked-2-small/568483226_gegJo-Th.jpg 2009-06-18 21:53:38 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />Form meets Function on the driving wheels of Western Maryland's hard working steam engine, #734 "Mountain Thunder"</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/6557071_HRncK#440056197_Rw5uC" title="Form meets Function on the driving wheels of Western Maryland's hard working steam engine, #734 "Mountain Thunder""><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/DSC1929-Wheel-Split-Toning/440056197_Rw5uC-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Form meets Function on the driving wheels of Western Maryland's hard working steam engine, #734 "Mountain Thunder"" title="Form meets Function on the driving wheels of Western Maryland's hard working steam engine, #734 "Mountain Thunder"" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-29T11:23:13Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/DSC1929-Wheel-Split-Toning/440056197_Rw5uC-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />Autumn is still in charge in mid-November as a loaded coal train is descending "the loops" near Spruce Pine, NC</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/6557071_HRncK#417247688_yXNs7" title="Autumn is still in charge in mid-November as a loaded coal train is descending "the loops" near Spruce Pine, NC"><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/2008-11-08-U354-Rocky-1-small/417247688_yXNs7-Th.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Autumn is still in charge in mid-November as a loaded coal train is descending "the loops" near Spruce Pine, NC" title="Autumn is still in charge in mid-November as a loaded coal train is descending "the loops" near Spruce Pine, NC" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-29T11:23:13Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/2008-11-08-U354-Rocky-1-small/417247688_yXNs7-Th.jpg 2008-11-08 12:25:58 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />On November 1, 2009, the North Carolina Transportation Museum ran a round trip passenger excursion between Spencer and Asheville, NC. This was the first passenger train to operate on this sc ...</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/NCTM2009/10279154_3C5rR#709789506_pvgdj" title="On November 1, 2009, the North Carolina Transportation Museum ran a round trip passenger excursion between Spencer and Asheville, NC. This was the first passenger train to operate on this sc ..."><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/NCTM2009/DSC2626-Middle-Loop-Wide-small/709789506_pvgdj-Th.jpg" width="150" height="107" alt="On November 1, 2009, the North Carolina Transportation Museum ran a round trip passenger excursion between Spencer and Asheville, NC. This was the first passenger train to operate on this sc ..." title="On November 1, 2009, the North Carolina Transportation Museum ran a round trip passenger excursion between Spencer and Asheville, NC. This was the first passenger train to operate on this sc ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-10T11:33:51Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/NCTM2009/DSC2626-Middle-Loop-Wide-small/709789506_pvgdj-Th.jpg 2009-11-01 12:30:46 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />On November 1, 2009, the North Carolina Transportation Museum ran a round trip passenger excursion between Spencer and Asheville, NC. This was the first passenger train to operate on this sc ...</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/NCTM2009/10279154_3C5rR#709788823_zWQtY" title="On November 1, 2009, the North Carolina Transportation Museum ran a round trip passenger excursion between Spencer and Asheville, NC. This was the first passenger train to operate on this sc ..."><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/NCTM2009/DSC2867-Amtrak-Fence-small-sig/709788823_zWQtY-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="On November 1, 2009, the North Carolina Transportation Museum ran a round trip passenger excursion between Spencer and Asheville, NC. This was the first passenger train to operate on this sc ..." title="On November 1, 2009, the North Carolina Transportation Museum ran a round trip passenger excursion between Spencer and Asheville, NC. This was the first passenger train to operate on this sc ..." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-11-10T11:33:51Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/NCTM2009/DSC2867-Amtrak-Fence-small-sig/709788823_zWQtY-Th.jpg 2009-11-01 17:36:07 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a> </p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/9639392_vappv#650029626_CWsee" title="Nick D'Amato's photo"><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/DSC1039-Surfliner-Gaviota-1/650029626_CWsee-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Nick D'Amato's photo" title="Nick D'Amato's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-14T13:56:32Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/DSC1039-Surfliner-Gaviota-1/650029626_CWsee-Th.jpg 2009-09-05 13:55:08 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a> </p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/9639392_vappv#650029192_SxbTf" title="Nick D'Amato's photo"><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/DSC0635-Surfliner-Pier-1-small/650029192_SxbTf-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Nick D'Amato's photo" title="Nick D'Amato's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-14T13:56:17Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/DSC0635-Surfliner-Pier-1-small/650029192_SxbTf-Th.jpg 2009-09-03 21:44:24 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a> </p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/9639392_vappv#650029138_PZSgE" title="Nick D'Amato's photo"><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/DSC0631-Surfliner-Trestle-1/650029138_PZSgE-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Nick D'Amato's photo" title="Nick D'Amato's photo" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-14T13:56:42Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/California-Coast/DSC0631-Surfliner-Trestle-1/650029138_PZSgE-Th.jpg 2009-09-03 21:44:17 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />Interior view of the new Durham Amtrak Station</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Durhams-New-Amtrak-Station/8842122_BYDmR#585940836_wTLVx" title="Interior view of the new Durham Amtrak Station"><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Durhams-New-Amtrak-Station/DSC9462-Bench-and-Photos-from/585940836_wTLVx-Th-1.jpg" width="150" height="120" alt="Interior view of the new Durham Amtrak Station" title="Interior view of the new Durham Amtrak Station" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-07-08T12:19:28Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Durhams-New-Amtrak-Station/DSC9462-Bench-and-Photos-from/585940836_wTLVx-Th-1.jpg 2009-07-08 07:06:17 <p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com">Nick D'Amato</a><br />Downtown Roanoke with a train coming north into town off the Punkin' Line (Winston-Salem Line) in the lower left</p><p><a href="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/6557071_HRncK#417244577_Mj2JW" title="Downtown Roanoke with a train coming north into town off the Punkin' Line (Winston-Salem Line) in the lower left"><img src="http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/Roanoke20081028140-Winston/417244577_Mj2JW-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Downtown Roanoke with a train coming north into town off the Punkin' Line (Winston-Salem Line) in the lower left" title="Downtown Roanoke with a train coming north into town off the Punkin' Line (Winston-Salem Line) in the lower left" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-09-29T11:23:13Z Nick D'Amato http://diamondd.smugmug.com http://diamondd.smugmug.com/Railroads/Railroads-at-Work/Roanoke20081028140-Winston/417244577_Mj2JW-Th.jpg 2008-10-28 15:47:57