An eastbound manifest drops downgrade through Shawsville, VA and an old John Deere tractor.
On the St. Charles Branch, NS U42 crew rolls along near the community of Pocket, Virginia with light engines. The crew is on their way to pick up coal cars that were previously loaded at Mayflowe... (more)
Norfolk Southern train #175 hits the bottom of the 1.1% grade near milepost 111 just before the 1% incline to the crossovers at Rogers. The Caterpillar loads on the head end have been a staple of ... (more)
NS train 30T led by a four pack of thoroughbred's snakes through the s-curve at Schoharie Junction in the soft evening light of a November evening.
NS 578 rolls into Lithia having just knocked down a clear signal at CP Ellis Run.
NS 578 passes 12Z at Arcadia in the golden evening sunlight.
With rain and wind putting an end to autumn colors NS 125 heads east towards Louisville with a newly rebuilt 4752.
Norfolk Southern GE units are northbound with an intermodal train at Taylors, SC. The tall, brick smokestack stands by itself at Taylors Mill, site of an old mill and now a shopping mall with art ... (more)
NS U42 crew passes milepost 7 on the St. Charles Branch at Keokee, Virginia with light engines. The crew is on their way to pick up coal cars that were previously loaded at Mayflower near St Char... (more)
Fall colors are on display in Elliston, VA as NS 14Z continues east.
After waiting for the morning Amtrak parade, NS 350 throttles upgrade through Cary.
Jumbo Jet or coal train? Empty coal 747 begins its climb up the Christiansburg grade as it passes the John Farmhouse in Shawsville, VA.
4001 leads manifest 127 west over the New River in Radford, VA.
NS 127 crosses the New River in Radford, VA after spending the day in the yard. The lead locomotive is the 4001, the second C6M completed by NS.
A C6M leads a westbound intermodal into Roanoke by the old east end shops.
