The shot that almost wasn't!
As 20W approached my vantage point on track 1, I heard the distinct hum of maintenance of way equipment approaching behind me on track 2. In an instant, 2... (more)

23K sits outlawed at Oak Harbor as 19A stops along side to pick up the crew and take them to Toledo.

The Original NS leads 23K west as it does every bit of track speed as it is trying to make it to Toledo before the crew outlaws.

The Original NS leads train 23K west as it splits the NYC signals at CP 244 just west of Sandusky.

Original NS heritage leads the EB Chicago to Ayer, Ma intermodal over the Hoosic River late in the day.

Original NS heritage leads the Ayer, Ma to Chicago intermodal WB just south of Delanson on the old D&H. This is NS train 23K.

Original NS heritage has made the crew change from CP to Pan Am at Mechanicville and is heading east for Ayer, Ma. Train is coming off the CP trackage and is about to enter Pan Am Southern's West ... (more)

Original NS heritage makes the climb out of the Hudson Valley as it approaches the Rt 67 crossing on its way east to Ayer, Ma. NS 8114 is passing an increasingly rare searchlight signal.

Early fireworks in Williamstown on Pan Am appears in the form of the Norfolk Southern Heritage Engine leading a long 23k container train past the station and a smiling night photographer at 04:26.

The original N&S unit looks right at home in Raleigh, NC as it passes through Boylan Jct.

The original Norfolk Southern makes an appearance passing 'JB Tower' at West Chicago on The J.

NS 8114, NS 1061, UP 2001, CP 9758, UP 2212

Westbound at signals in Mifflin with a Rainbow of colors the following engines head west on NS 37A , NS 8114 , Heritage engine plus NS 1061 and the UP 2001 Olympic Torch Relay engine plus , CP 9... (more)

May the fourth be with you...and the 'force' was with me this day as Norfolk Southern heritage unit #8114 leads an empty coal train north on ex CofG trackage.

The UP MPIPBJ to Pine Bluff, Ark., with the Original Norfolk Southern heritage unit on the point rolls down on the UP Villa Grove Sub after coming off the NS Lafayette District at Sidney on July 2... (more)