A Norfolk Southern Vehicle Train is seen here heading East through Irondale, AL.

Awaiting authority to proceed westbound out of Detroit.

Norfolk Southern Freight 187 is seen here yarding their Train at Norris Yard in Irondale, AL.

Norfolk Southern Freight 384 heads North through 64th Street in Woodlawn, AL. With NS C40-9 #8815 leading

Norfolk Southern Train 187 heads Westbound through the curves at Lovick, AL. With NS C40-9 #8840 leading

An NS autorack train heads out of Sidney, IL with a Dash 9 standard cab on the head end. With the AC44C6M rebuild program set to ramp up production in 2017, who knows for how much longer we'll be ... (more)

I'm not a fan of the Dash 9, there are two exceptions the standard cab and the original NS OLS scheme. Today's 375 climbs the 1.7 % Erlanger Hill grade with a Standard cab Dash 9 leading. Get them... (more)

After working the New Yard on the opposite side of town, local J11 brings their covered hoppers back up the "north side" and await permission from the CSX "FG" Dispatcher to cr... (more)

A Rail train Xtra heads west approaching Wisdom Way

After a brief crew change, a late 211 continues south toward their terminus of Hotlanta. The train is about to duck under the East Jefferson Street bridge.

The quietness of downtown Bessemer City, NC, gets broken by the sound of a fast stack train with a duo of standard cab GEs leading the way.

Doing its best impression of an ALCO NS 8888 leads 375 west across southern Illinois.

NS U40 heads through downtown Appalachia, VA with four locomotives and 40 loaded coal cars. The train will go to the signal at Big Stone Gap, VA where the U40 crew will swap out with an NS 386 cr... (more)

NS 213 rolls by the Charlotte skyline on a perfect October afternoon.

NS 97Q rests in Kannapolis. The crew was still on board, I assume waiting for a ride. The train was originally supposed to head down to the single track between Junker and Haydock, but the mainlin... (more)