NS 179 glides down two track at North Wye in the beautiful morning light

NS 179 speeds through Palm, KY with the Monongahela heritage leading.

A pair of UP GEs lead NS 179 out of the tunnel portal at Nemo under the beautiful Tennessee sun

A classic Ex-Conrail widecab EMD leads a slop freight south nearing Roddy. This train had a straight shot to Chattanooga all the way from Emory Gap.

Southbound NS freight #179 with a KCS GE leading the way works through a winter wonderland scene at Parkers Lake, KY. [January 2016]

NS 179 passes through one of the many open fields at M.P. 131. Not the shot I was hoping for, but had to make do as a northbound was pulling up to stop.

NS 1074, the Lackawanna Heritage Unit, leads NS manifest freight 179 as it approaches NA Tower in the Cincinnati suburb of St. Bernard on the NS Dayton District, passing under the "skywalk&qu... (more)

This is the second train of a plethora of southbounds that I chose to shoot at Oakdale on a beautiful Sunday morning. I rarely choose this spot anymore due to the lack of luster with the missing S... (more)

After changing crews and fixing the issues with a tank car in the consist, NS 179 slugs up to CP 146 Hillard-Rome Rd under former Conrail signals.

The original Norfolk Southern Heritage locomotive, NS 8114, looks sharp on the point of NS 179. She's taking a brief rest at milepost 240 on the Dayton District before continuing her trip south (r... (more)

The entire length of a very short 179 can be seen as it comes rumbling through the yard at Emory Gap. 8700 HP seems a bit excessive for this application…

Framed by the former Southern and Norfolk & Western joint passenger station in Bristol, NS 179 departs the yard westbound on the main towards Knoxville via the A-Line.

A freshly painted C40-9 leads a eastbound manifest 179 past peak fall colors nears Oakvale, West Virginia.

The NS 179 with CP power leading, UP and NS power trailing, heads around the bend and out of Circleville on a very nice afternoon.