NS 184 usually has CN power, but a wide cab SD40-2 is fairly unusual for this train and it's smoking it up some as they pull through the trench on the NS Chicago mainline between MP 289 & 288.
A southbound grain train rolls through the interlocking at Ironville Tower led by a faded YN2 C40-8. Once upon a time, this was a busy junction between the N&W and C&O, as each railroad used the T... (more)