On a thick muggy evening, the NS roadrailer rumbles across the Illinois river with a NS staple, Dash 9, for power.

On a humid evening, the second to last westbound NS roadrailer skates by a lush farmstead aside the rails.

Westbound NS 255 pulls out of the Rock Creek sag just east of Rockfield, IN on 10/09/04.

Westbound NS 255 rounds the curve on the east side of Logansport, IN, specifically CP 18th Street when the Logansport siding was CTC, during the late afternoon of 10/09/04.

NS 7706 leads the Westbound Roadrailer out of Decatur. The Roadrailers are in their final week of operation, Trains 255 and 256 will be switching to standard trailers on flat cars.

Throwback to the late 90's. Bnsf 2911 sit's on the local at Hannibal, Meanwhile Bnsf 769 drag's Ns train 255 west through town.

Norfolk Southern TripleCrown Roadrailer Train 255 crosses over Lake Decatur into Decatur, IL.

Norfolk Southern TripleCrown Roadrailer Train 255 heads westbound through downtown Decatur, IL. with a new crew on board.

Norfolk Southern TripleCrown Roadrailer Train 255 heads westbound through Oakley, IL.

2 years ago today, The last regular roadrailer train in the US heads west on the Springfield-Hannibal district during a hot summer afternoon. Word on the street is that this train is being termina... (more)

Norfolk Southern train #255 parts the sunrise ground fog near Clymers, IN on its westward journey to KC to deliver vehicle parts to Ford Motor in Kansas City.

Westbound Norfolk Southern #255 Roadrailer train, full of auto-parts bound for Kansas City auto assembly plants, throttles through the morning mist in the North Central Indiana cornfields located ... (more)

With over a mile of roadrailers behind a solo leader, NS 255 heads south for Kansas City.

With over a mile of roadrailers behind a solo leader, NS 255 heads south for Kansas City.

With over a mile of roadrailers behind a solo leader, NS 255 heads south for Kansas City passing one of a few Wabash era searchlights along the mainline in rural Missouri.