Westbound NS 168 hi-balls out of Centralia yard limits and past the waiting Eastbound NS 223...

At the MP 22, a late-running westbound NS 168 absorbs some final moments of daylight...

Eleven engines make their way out of Danville yard

C44-9W UP 9585 heads up todays NS 168. Later that night, the same UP loco turned and led the eastbound counterpart NS 167.

Westbound NS 168 at the location of the old Monterey Mine cutoff. (Turnout long since removed, however a turnout frog still exists in the ditch alongside the right-of-way at this location.)

What a great thunderous sound coming around the corner, a pair of SD40-2 and a GP59

and the pics ended at Pope Lick when the light went away, but I followed him on into Louisville . . .

168 comes out from under the signal bridge at East Waddy laying on the power

A nice sight on the Pope Lick Trestle on a gloomy day

Another new SD70M just waiting for a fresh coat of paint

Westbound NS 168 heads thru Shiloh after a 40 minute delay from alerting the MP 24.9 talking defect detector...hot journals on axles 123,124,& 125

Very short NS 168 blows past the east switch at the New Baden passing siding

Westbound 168 pulls out of the siding at New Baden after meeting the Eastbound NS 111