"Hastings" (my nickname for it anyway) is rolling through the beautiful campus of this small (but growing) liberal arts school. They will pause briefly on the main at CP Glade and we'll... (more)
The Savanah & Atlanta heritage ACe leads a train of empty windmill flats through Cary in between Amtrak traffic in the late afternoon.
NS 212, before being rebranded as NS 24X, heads eastward on Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line Track #2. Behind the leader are NS 1066 (New York Central Heritage Unit SD70ACe locomotive) and NS 4258 (AC... (more)
Troutville Blues: On a stormy December Morning, NS 12Z with NS 8098, the Conrail Heritage Unit, charges northbound through the soon to be expiring N&W CPLs in Troutville, Virginia, as it continue... (more)
NS 25A makes the first set off of trash cars at the idled Greencastle intermodal terminal. 13Z actually is moving on the adjacent track, sneaking up on me. The containers sitting here are i... (more)
The NS Reading heritage unit leads 33K west as rolls past the New Albany amphitheater.
Hauling a big mix of everything this mundane merchandize is dressed up today with a celebrity unit. The train is operating on a track that has bisected this small campus since Civil War days. Th... (more)
NS Visits the Railroaders Museum This is the best lineup I've ever seen at the Railroaders Museum. After unveiling a new special unit, NS displayed two heritage units and the new special u... (more)
Front Street Starts: NS 4394 leads manifest 13R southbound onto the NS Lurgan Branch over the front street bridge in Harrisburg, as it is about to meet northbound manifest 12Z before continuing so... (more)
NS 1073 roars around the bend on a rainy October day, passing underneath a bridge that no longer exists. The Buffenmeyer Road Bridge had long been closed to traffic, but made for an excellent pho... (more)
NS 8098 sits in the hole at Clarksillve (on the NS Mon Line), waiting for a doubled up MTY coal train to pass before continuing it's journey from Bailey Mine to Shire Oaks Yard.
Norfolk Southern's 5 day a week Knoxville-Asheville manifest cruises across the French Broad river at Marshall, NC.
Norfolk Southern's 5 day a week Knoxville-Asheville manifest cruises along the French Broad river at Alexander, NC.
Norfolk Southern's 5 day a week Knoxville-Asheville manifest crosses the French Broad river into Asheville, NC on the last day of May.
NS 1073 , the Penn Central heritage unit at Chattanooga Tn .