Morning shot of Eastbound train 172

All EMD's taking charge of today's 172 with Caterpillar wide loads.

NS 172 enters the plant at Charlotte Jct.

Fieldale farms grain silos loom above the trees and through exhaust waves of this northbound manifest.

NS 172 glides around the S-curve in Cramerton NS

NS 172 pulls through the plant at Salisbury after playing leapfrog with empty hopper train 781. The Charlotte Dispatcher let 781 pass 172 at North Kannapolis and then let 172 pass 781 at Salisbury... (more)

NS train 172 heads north up the Piedmont Divisions at Howell Interlocking in Atlanta, GA. The train led by ex-MPI HLCX 9033, on the right, is on CSX, but has no crew.

All EMD lashup of SD60, SD70M and SD60I, in three paint schemes lead NS 172 out of Charlotte.

East Bound NS172 With A Rare Un-Patched C&NW Unit Rolls East Toward Downtown Douglasville.

A solid set of UP power just endured a beating from the snow kicked up by long intermodal train 213 and cautiously peeks around the Cramerton curve to see if they have the light at South Fork. A ... (more)