Conrail on home rails. NS 8098 races west on the former NYC/PC/CR Chicago Line, MP 300

The NS 8098 Conrail leads the NS 158 north to Crewe, Va.

Crepe myrtles are in full summer bloom in central North Carolina as NS 158 sweeps into the curve in downtown Thomasville with the Conrail heritage unit on the point.

The Conrail heritage unit teams up with an SD60 and an ES40DC to pull this North Carolina bound grain train, through the Butler street interlocking, shortly after lunchtime.

Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit #8098 heads west into the late evening sun along BNSF Chicago's Subdivision leading an another oil can empty back to North Dakota while the rear end of the... (more)

Loaded oil train Z4R east through New Waterford, OH with a hint of sun after a morning thunderstorm.

Oil loads from North Dakota slowly pick up speed after meeting a westbound Z at Hawley. It was touch and go for a couple minutes, but the Z cleared just in time for me to make use of the recent ra... (more)

Though showing the usual grit and grime, the NS Conrail unit is still worth the drive to get in great light. After spending all day waiting for a work window, a dog catch crew has this train round... (more)

NS 8098 head's up a westbound oil can through Steward, IL

The Conrail heritage unit leads 25Z past the Latrobe Amtrak Station.

After spending several months assisting heavy trains up and down the Appalachian Mountains, the Conrail Heritage unit took a change of course, bringing NS grain train 46R to the Cincinnati Tri-Sta... (more)

After coming off the fuel pad in Harrisburg, the 21M eases onto the Rockville Bridge across the Susquehanna River.

As seen from about 130 feet in the air, 20K crosses the Rockville Bridge with Norfolk Southern 8098 in the consist.

With the Cincinnati skyline in the distance, NS 46R begins its trip south across the Ohio River Bridge into Kentucky. "Big Blue" has the honor of leading this grain train across the CNO&... (more)

While every railfan in the state of North Carolina was off chasing 611, a group of us went after a more modern heritage unit, NS 8098. The blue ES44AC is seen here on the point of 154, headed for ... (more)