The Southern heritage unit leads a colorful consist south through Erlanger, KY.

Heritage hat trick. NS's Southern heritage unit rests outside of A.O. Smith Yard after leading train 168 in earlier in the afternoon. Three tracks over, the Savannah and Atlanta and Conrail... (more)

The NS Southern Railway heritage unit leads Croxton, NJ to Atlanta, GA intermodal train 211 past the Greencastle Intermodal Terminal south of town. Train 202 waits to go north on the terminal sidi... (more)

Southern Serves New Jersey. On a clear and warm Sunday afternoon in early March, Norfolk Southern ES44AC 8099, wearing a Southern Railway heritage paint scheme, leads intermodal train 212 a... (more)

Heritage unit running under Southern Railway Heritage

NS ES44AC 8099, painted in a commemorative Southern Railway paint scheme, makes its first northbound trip up the Greenville District of the ex-Southern Piedmont Division mainline. Here, it's seen ... (more)

Once catching him in Downtown Lula, GA, I raced North to catch him stopping at Yonah to wait for 203 to clear up, before continuing North to Greenville, SC

After pacing him through Westminster, SC and him beating me to Seneca, SC, I had no choice, but to make a all out sprint to Keowee just West of Clemson, SC. Nice to have some Southern signals with... (more)

The NS Southern Heritage unit leading 212 meets a westbound empty crude oil train.

The Southern heritage unit leads NS 212 past the Flemington siding.

Southern Serves the South: Hotshot Atlanta-Croxton, NJ intermodal train 212 sits at Yonah, the north end of the double track through Lula on the Southern Piedmont Division mainline, waiting... (more)

The Southern heritage unit blasts through downtown Easley along former Southern rails.

NS 212 rounds the curve and ducks under the wooden bridge in Lula, GA where he will pull around to Yonah to meet Amtrak 19 and 203.

After getting word from Gary and Michael South of me, we got the chance to see 212 with the SOUTHERN heritage unit leading! The first time leading on this line and the second time it has been thro... (more)