With 80 cars of pipe out of Steelton, PA bound to connect oil rigs to refineries in the Gulf of Mexico, NS 053 rolls into Flowery Branch, GA while its DP motor catches some early morning sunlight.

NS 053, which is an empty military train, passes behind the Shawsville Middle School behind a lone CSX GE. The sun is still shining on the train while storm clouds gather in the background.

Time to Blow This Scene

NS high-and-wide 053 gets underway after waiting at ANTIS. The first load is a pair of new M88A2 tank retrievers fresh from the plant in York, PA, with the re... (more)

NS 9711 leads a Siemens special train northbound at Rockmart around 2030 hours on a Friday night. Lit with 4 Nikon SB24s.

053 pulling through the "S" Curve in Norcross, GA on its way to Atlanta, GA.

NS 053 with the SIMENS Generators in tow along with a Caboose in the back.

Takes almost 4 hours for this train to get from Greenville, SC to Toccoa, GA. With a 25MPH speed restriction due to the generators he is carrying. He would go to Gainesville, GA to swap crews, the... (more)

A single GP59 leads a special move down the Southern mainline during January of 1998.

Westbound with wide load at mp 143 in late afternoon .

Behind a solo SD60, westbound high/wide train 053 comes into Bryan at restricted speed. Their train is made up of tanks, drainage pipes, more tanks, and large pieces of concrete.

A vanishing breed of locomotives is seen as the sole unit on NS train 053, smoking it up through Olmsted Falls as it heads west towards Sandusky and Toledo.

Interesting power for a HI-WIDE move.

Pipe train heading west in sweet evening light,

An unusual lashup on H&W gets me to the bottom of the hill for this scene. Thanks for the HU Freddy... he knows i won't chase a Dash 9 down ... But this stuff i will