Running on time from Charlotte with loads of domestic and a mix of international containers, 221 runs alongside Main Street in Buford, GA on a sunny yet very hot morning.

NS 221 heads south with an ES44AC and an SD70ACE as the town prepares for Christmas.

NS 221 ( Charlotte, NC - Atlanta, GA ) makes a southbound run in Oakwood, GA with the NS #8103 GE ES44AC ( Norfolk & Western ) Heritage Unit leading the way.

NS 221 ( Charlotte, NC - Atlanta, GA ) makes a southbound run on the Tugalo River trestle at the SC / GA State Line with the NS #8103 GE ES44AC ( Norfolk & Western ) Heritage Unit leading the way.

NS 221 makes a southbound run in Norris, SC with the BNSF #6224 GE ES44AC leading the way heading for Atlanta, GA.

NS 221 round s the curve in Norris, SC with the NS #4104 AC44C6M in the lead followed by the NS #8098 ES44AC ( Conrail ) Heritage Unit.

NS 221 makes a visit to Central, SC with three BNSF locomotives heading southbound for Atlanta, GA.

NS 221 makes a visit to Central, SC with BNSF #6993 leading two more BNSF units heading southbound for Atlanta, GA.

NS 221 makes a southbound run through Central, SC with three BNSF units for power heading for Atlanta, GA.

NS 221 makes a southbound trip through Central, SC with NS #4005 leading the Lackawanna Heritage Unit and one NS unit.

NS 221 makes a southbound run for Atlanta, GA with the Central RR of NJ Heritage leading the way with 2x NS units trailing.

Having successfully made the 17 mile climb over the mountain, 221 accelerates past Cornelia as the rain begins to pick up again.

The rain has slowed to a drizzle as NS 221 crosses the Tugalo River into Georgia on a rain soaked summer afternoon. A western trio, headed by a former Burlington Northern SD60M, leads the Charlott... (more)

NS 6587, the lowest-numbered SD60 built for NS and one of 47 still in active service, leads Charlotte-Atlanta intermodal 221 through the sweeping s-curve at Red Lane, on the north end of the doubl... (more)

A C40-9 and SD60E combine to power a long southbound intermodal train through Gainesville, Georgia on NS's Greenville District. At the time the photo was taken, this line was part of the Piedmont ... (more)