"Second Hand Power"

NS 22V heads East for the Ports of New Jersey with an ex-UP SD90MAC on point. This train would be the first of three Eastbounds within a 45-minu... (more)

An ex-UP 90mac is on point of intermodal train 22V on its way to Port Newark Yard. This is one of 100 SD90mac's NS has purchased from EMD/Progress Rail.

Former UP SD90MAC's are starting to fan out across the NS system. Here, an empty Belmont coal train climbs the famous Southern Railway loops in Western North Carolina.

NS 172 climbs into downtown Easley with an ex-Union Pacific SD90MAC on the point.

A late running 290 runs through Gainesville, GA with a just purchased SD90MAC from Union Pacific.

An Ex-Union Pacific SD90MAC leads an empty autorack train westbound around the curves in downtown Jefferson City, Tennessee.

Newly acquired ex UP SD90MAC NS 7245 leads the NS 27V north through Martinsville.

Norfolk Southern train 115 rolls past the White Oak Energy center with one of 100 second hand SD90MAC's purchased from the UP. Steve Smedley photo

One of the perks of being a Great Uncle is being able to do what the Grandnephews are doing and here I am in a small aircraft flying above the town of White Rock on a trip organised by the Richmon... (more)

A freight rolls into Barstow yard as the sun sets

The engineer offers a wave out the window of a former UP SD90MAC as 29E approaches CP194 in Berea, Ohio. NS is in the process of acquiring 100 of these from Union Pacific.

A fast moving westbound rack train lead by UP 3742 nears Willcox as it makes its way across the Lordsburg Sub.

UP SD90MAC 3742 leads this westbound AGBML through Casa Grande.

One of the 100 former UP SD9043MAC units NS has purchased from EMD/Progress Rail. These units were bought to help alleviate the power shortage and will eventually be rebuilt into SD70ACe specs. NS... (more)