NS 955 rounds the curve at "Gate" headed for the Williamson yard as the sun pops out just for a moment.

Hagerstown was a hoppin' place... when the NS OCS came to visit last week. NS 951 (departing at right) was held at the yard office until eastbound manifest 16T (at left) arrived, while GP60... (more)

NS 951 leaves the ex-N&W for the ex-Southern immediately after crossing the Shenandoah River at Front Royal.

A father and his two children watch from the station platform as NS's matched A-B-B-A F9 set leads a deadhead office car special eastward after waiting for Amtrak and a westbound freight to clear.

Closer to headon view of westbound ferry move of OCS train back to Altoona , Pa.

Headed for the barn in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a short stay in Roanoke, Virginia, one half of the NS F-unit fleet takes the siding at Berryville, Virginia, to meet intermodal 228.

The NS OCS is about to cross the Mason Dixon Line into Maryland as it heads south to the 2009 Masters Golf Tournament as some cows look on.

Southbound OCS

NS F units head west during peak color on the west slope.

NS OCS enters West Virginia from Maryland after crossing the Potomac River bridge visible behind the train.

Southbound OCS deadhead move pounds the diamond where the AGS crosses the Alabama & Tennessee River line up to Guntersville (former L&N/NC&StL).

NS OCS 952 heads east on the Fostoria District at MP-355 just east of Fort Wayne.

Love at first sight? This is my first good (technically fifth overall) of the NS F-units as they back across a runoff stream of the Savannah River just north of Gwinnett Blvd. I have been hooked a... (more)

The 2008 Cincinnati Southern Inspection Train comes of the Ohio River bridge at Ludlow Ky. The train is enroute to Chattanooga.

Southern inspired NS 4270 leads a deadhead 955 southbound under a Southern signal bridge at Winston, VA.