Norfolk Southern 186 builds up speed after waiting on a northbound freight to pass.

A pair of GE widecabs bring mixed freight 186 onto the connection from the Chicago Line to the Toledo District in Oak Harbor.

At sunset, Norfolk Southern manifest train No. 186 flies through Goodview, Va., with a heavy train in tow as it traverses the former Virginian Railway toward Altavista. The train has just departed... (more)

Mixed freight 186 rolls south (railroad east) through the town of Attica and past a small cemetery, a nice and clean SD70 spartan cab leading the way.

Clouds roll in, as the 186 rolls out of Circleville, past the cut of cars on the siding at Dorney.

Mixed bag 186 hammers the diamonds with the former B&O Toledo Subdivision, passing the defunct tower at "Liepsic Junction", as NS has misspelled it on the sign.

A lengthy 186 splits the Nickel Plate signals at W.E. North Findlay behind a ratty C40-8 and a much cleaner SD70. The NKP bracket mast on the right is on borrowed time, as NS plans to replace thes... (more)

Foreign power leads the NS 186, as it heads east on the single main, south of Chillicothe.

Traveling through Ingleside, NS 186 heads for Roanoke with a mixed freight in tow.

With color rapidly changing on the Christiansburg District, NS 186 travels east through Ingleside.

NS eastbound freight 186 rolling through Ingleside, WV and passing a classic N&W signal on its eastbound trek from Bluefield to Roanoke.

Rolling through CP Craft, the NS 186 lets out quite a lot of heat, as the crew begins to prepare to stop at the next signal.

Shortly after the NS 234 crossed from the siding to the main, the NS 186 with mostly covered hoppers made an appearance.

With an ex-Con in the lead, 186 hustles east splitting the NKP intermediate signals at Elm Center.