Was in the Birmingham area over the weekend got word that KCS 4006 was leading NS 340 to Irondale,AL after leaving Meridian around 4 o’clock they made a great run to Irondale getting in the yar... (more)

Pan of a factory fresh KCS Tier 4 GEVO on NS train 340.

Climbing into Edwardsville in mountainous eastern Alabama is NS #340 behind the normal KCS power. #340 normally terminates at Norris Yard in Birmingham but due to capacity was forwarded east to Br... (more)

Coming to you or going away? This is headed away and is about to disappear and into the tunnel at Cook Springs, AL. This was back when NS 340 was heading east past its original terminating point o... (more)

Arriving at Norris Yard, KCS SD70MAC No3916 brings up the DPU unit on the day's 340 at Irondale, Alabama.

Norfolk Southern Train 340 is seen here stopped at 27th Street interlocking in Birmingham, AL. Waiting on NS Train 24E to run around them before they continue on North to Norris Yard in Irondale, ... (more)

Norfolk Southern Train 340 rounds the curve at Cook Springs, AL. As they head East to Atlanta, GA. This is not the normal route for 340, normally its destination is Norris Yard in Irondale, AL. Bu... (more)

A rerouted 340 blasts through Bessemer City, splitting one of the last examples of wayside Southern Railway-era GRS Type-D signals in active service on Norfolk Southern. Just hours earlier, regula... (more)

Train 340 tops Irondale Hill with with a pretty rare TFM leader. This units are rapidly being repainted into the KCS Southern Belle scheme.

Today’s NS 340 slowly comes into the Magic City with a pair of KCS Aces in two different paint schemes as it leads the very long mixed freight composed of a power move involving 6 NS locomotives... (more)

As the Birmingham skyline stands tall in the background, today’s NS 340 is lead by the locomotive formerly known as GM73 which was one of the three demonstrator SD70ACe units built by EMD in 200... (more)