A 16 unit wonder. The original hopper train, NS 615, lost both of it's units and was solely relying on the 4 pushers (in view coupled to the train) as sole power to get it up one of the hills jus... (more)
A sea of blue: I was only 14 years old in the summer of 1996 and -- at the time -- the dissolution three years later of Conrail, the railroad I had grown up with, was an inconceivable notio... (more)
Conrail-painted NS 6764 is shuttling, while Amtrak 303 to St. Louis hits the Chicago River South Branch bridge. The interlocking is with the Illinois Central/Canadian National. In the distance ca... (more)