17M has 7 engines in todays lashup as it returns power back west.
Westbound on the N&W main at Maher, westbound NS 17M blasts over the Route 52 crossing on its westward trek toward Portsmouth on the NS Kenova District.
17M had an 8 engine consist today but I could only get 5 of them in the photo. 17M usually returns power in big consists on Sunday. I assume the upcoming Easter holiday has them thinking ahead.
NS 17M passes a tied down coal train with a SD70M and a GMTX and a 85N with 2 ES44AC's.
NS 17M huries west along The Pokey under the watchful eye of Conductor, R.D. Long.
The westbound 17M with some foreign power leading passes over the CSX Kanawha Sub as it starts across the Ohio River bridge.
A nice mix of power exits one of the Hatfield Tunnels.
All fueled and recrewed, the 17M heads out from under the Harmon St overpass, as another train waits its turn in the background.
A long 17M heads by the directional ABS signals on the Columbus District in Elmwood.
The NS 17M nears the end of the bridge, as it heads by one of the wells that supplies the drinking water to Waverly.
Westbound 17M splits the NYC signals at CP 320 behind a single BNSF GE.
The 17M rounds the bend and continues its westbound uphill trip on the Columbus District.
The 17M with a dirty SD70M leading rolls by the MP 682 signals, just south of Ashville, just before sunset.
The NS 17M sits back and watches the CSX hopper train pound the diamond by the Columbus Ave grade crossing.
The corn finally begins to grow after the record rainfall this spring, as the 17M rolls by.
