After a 12 hour trip to Douglasville, GA, NS M54 finally gets a new crew and they finish bringing the train into Atlanta, GA to swap with the Piedmont Division crew.
One of my favorite 90's era schemes, which I always thought looked best on the SD70ACes for whatever reason. Only 30 ACes were delivered in grey before the Retro-Belle took over and there are onl... (more)
After setting out a few cars in Downtown Douglasville, GA, NS 154 slowly gets back up to speed to go into the siding to clear up for Amtrak 19 (Crescent) and a 26A.
NS 154 started to bring it on down, as they will set some cars off in Douglasville, GA. Once coupled back up they will take off towards Lithia Springs, GA.
NS SD40-2 #3536 is the last of a group of 80 SD40-2s Norfolk Southern purchased from Helm Leasing from November 2013 to June 2014 that still retains its former owner's paint scheme. There's no mis... (more)
A25's power sits at Douglasville for the weekend with the last NS SD40-2 still retaining the paint it wore during it's days with Helm Leasing. At least they left the BN logo on the nose! (This is ... (more)
Dogging up the short but steep grade out of Winston with an eclectic set of power.
NS 8101 leads loaded cement train 66M through the S-curve at Douglasville as darkening skies loom in the background. This would be the final shot in my chase, as he was running on clear signals an... (more)
With the majority re-numbered and re-stenciled KCS, I didn't think I'd ever photograph another TFM, especially 10 years after the change to KCS de Mexico.
The Southern Railway lives on. This 41 year old high hood GP38-2 leads NS train #153 (Linwood,NC - Birmingham,AL) through the terrain of west Georgia running long hood forward just as the train go... (more)
220 navigates the S curves on the west side of Douglasville, Georgia.
On an otherwise cloudy day in most of the U.S., the sun pops out for literally a few seconds to illuminate the power on Birmingham-Linwood manifest 154 at one of the tightest mainline curves in th... (more)
NS 154 goes around the backward "S" curve in Douglasville, GA
Ratty looking TFM 70MACs lead a Dallas,TX - Atlanta,GA train through the reverse S curve just west of Douglasville.
NS train 24E marches through the S curves on the west side of Douglasville, Georgia with a pair of fallen flag TFM 70MACs.