Norfolk Southern OCS #951 tours the system with corporate executives aboard. Here the freshly painted F's greet the sunrise rounding the wye onto the ex-Southern B-line enroute to Hagerstown, MD.

The engineer throtles up and a cloud of smoke rises as the OCS begins its climb out of the Potomac River Valley at Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Behind the OCS, to the right, is the Rumsey Monumen... (more)

The NS OCS crosses the James River just North of Lynchburg.

After traction motor problems plagued the 4270, the units were turned and 4271 leads NS 951 into Bristol and on East.

NS 4271 powers 951 East through Atkins, VA at track speed

Three F Units have no problem moving the three-car Special toward Roanoke.

The 4270, 4275, and 4271 easily have the office car special doing full track speed on the flat run between Sheffield and Decatur.

Northbound OCS from Sheffield, AL to Morristown, TN. CT Tower in the background.

The NS F-units make their first daytime trek through Alabama as the OCS heads toward Chattanooga and points east, having left Sheffield early in the morning.

The NS OCS pulls past CP Max in Cleveland before backing into Rockport yard for the night. Some of the passengers are checking out the view while "under" the wire.

The clouds rolled in and it had begun to rain just before the arrival of the NS OCS near downtown South Bend, IN.

After learning that the westbound OCS wouldn't make it past Toledo we hit the road to try to get a shot somewhere. We landed at a country road crossing near Martin, OH or MP 274 on the NS Chicago... (more)