Heritage unit NS 8114 pulls a mixed freight past Wartburg, TN on a cool October afternoon.

NS 197 pulls into the north end of DeButts yard with the original Norfolk Southern heritage unit on the point.

NS 197 arrives at Chattanooga from Cincinnati with a colorful power arrangement.

NS #8114, honoring the first incarnation of Norfolk Southern, leads an empty oil can train towards Chicago, where it will be handed off to BNSF.

after just crossing the World Famous Rockville Bridge, NS 65R heads West out of Harrisburg With the Original Norfolk Southern Railway Heritage unit leading while NS H2W Pulls out of Enola Yard to ... (more)

Two Norfolk Southern units from different eras meet during the NS Heritage Unit gathering.

NS 65R westbound tank train with the original NS heritage unit leading

The empty oil train 65R, has finally caught up with train 37M ahead of them on the outside Chesterton slowing this hotshot down. This 65R west of Elkhart was making screaming time with little traf... (more)

An empty oil train for the BNSF at Cicero Yard in Chicago, IL, passes thru CP 412 at Goschen, on the east side of Elkhart. This train has 2x1 distributed power setup, with NS 1051 in DP mode. CP 4... (more)

The "Original Norfolk Southern" Heritage Unit leads a 65R across the Rockville Bridge on it's return to North Dakota for another load of Bakken Crude.

The "Original Norfolk Southern" Heritage Unit leads another 65R back to North Dakota for reloading. Sherman Creek empties into the Susquehanna River in the background.

Finally after many lost chances and opportunities, I get my chance to catch NS 8114, the Original NS heritage unit at Hammond leading an empty oil train westbound.

65R is seen here working towards Western Avenue to deliver to the BNSF. This is an empty oil train bound back for the Dakotas for loading. The NS heritage unit lead this empty unit train in 2x1 DP... (more)

The never ending chain of oil trains always has good power.

Another train of empty tank cars heads west to be reloaded. The train is running on Norfolk Southern's Royalton Branch, which shares the same right-of-way as Amtrak's Keystone Line between Middle... (more)