A pair of Conrail Blues and a Union Pacific motor make up 211's consist on this Valentine's Day of 2008.
What a suprise! Normally powered by NS Dash 9's or SD70m-2's, today's NS 227 runs north through Shepherdstown, West Virginia, with a pair of Canadian National SD75I's.
16T crosses Compton Trestle at a reduced speed as the train prepares to meet 35Q at Bentonville.
35Q bound for Roanoke, cross the impressive trestle at Compton, Virginia.
After a meet at Vaughn Summit with 35Q, V86 rumbles across the Compton trestle bound for Bentonville for a meet with 112.
After meeting V86 at Bentonville, 112 charges across the very tall Compton Trestle on its way towards Vaughn Summit.
203 passes the absolute signals at Ashby. Meanwhile, out of view behind 203 was 12R in the hold. About a minute later the sun was gone.
Under the most incredibly blue sky I have ever seen on the Pokey, westbound 17M has it pretty easy runnin downgrade along the Tug Fork Valley towards Williamson.
Empty Coke Train K374 (Detroit to Curtis Bay-Baltimore) led by a former SCL SD40-2, runs east over the summit at "HOBBS" in a land dominated by AC44's & SD70MAC's.
112 leaves Shenandoah Junction behind.
Clear signal 30.4!
Northbound 16T with a C40-8 leader meets 35Q with a former Conrail C40-8W who is holding in the siding.
35Q sits in the siding in downtown Berryville, Virginia.
Empty Grain train 51V holds in the siding as hotshot Intermodal 203 runs the main at "Audley".
AND THEIR OFF! 3 of NS's 4 fine ponies powering the first NS OCS of 2008, hold in the siding at Berryville for northbound manifest 12R.
