The AAPRCO special "Spirit of St. Louis" highballs Westbound heading towards St. Louis. The NS engine was added due to a stretch of 2.8% grade located on this ex-Southern line.
Norfolk Southern's Central Railroad of New Jersey heritage unit shines on the point of Atlanta-Kansas City, Mo., intermodal NS 224 as the train rolls out of rural Bartelso on August 7, 2015.
NS Virginian Heritage leads train 224 west across NS's ex Southern mainline across Southern Illinois.
Pacing EMDX 2012 as it leads the O55 Caterpillar train in Bartelso Illinois.
Belching a massive amount of smoke, NS 223 rounds the bend at MP 45 this morning en route to Centralia, IL
Eastbound NS 111 sports a nice variety of EMD/GE 6-axle units...
Hi-balling NS 223 stirs up a flock of birds this AM...
NS 223 charges towards Centralia, IL this morning after meeting the NS D76 and 224 at New Baden.
Eastbound NS 223 highballs 'round the bend at MP 45 after meeting 3 westbounds at New Baden.
Pacing the westbound NS 112 at road speed...after all "It's just a Geep".
Eastbound NS 111 with 5 units approaches Bartelso, IL enroute to Centralia, IL. Love that "Big Blue" on the point.
Eastbound NS 111 rounds the bend at MP 45 west of Bartelso. A meet with NS 112 at Shattuc is just a few miles up the road.