String of fresh GE`s at the shop.

NS train 201 waits on the main at Twin Falls while the mid-train DPU's of NS train 16T pass by headed north.

With autumn colors showing their best eastbound grain train 50A rolls past Marengo.

Westbound 168 heads across southern Indiana.

NS 179 and CSX 580 are seen at Main St.

Awesome seeing ditch lights on both ends.

Moving long hood forward

Three new NS AC44C6M's lead 172 west as it waits for an eastbound at Lawrenceburg Ky.

Heading back for a refill NS 1111 leads coal empty 893 west across southern Indiana.

Soon after the eastbound coal drag, the eastbound manifest overnighting from Portsmouth, OH finally arrived and I headed east back through Welch and waited for her departure. About 30 minutes late... (more)

With only a few minutes of sunlight left... NS 4000, nicknamed the “SonicBonnet” by railfans, cruises over the Des Plaines River with an intermodal bound for the west coast.

One of my favorite spots all day: Welch, WV. If this place doesn't scream coal country then I don't know what does. Here, NS #4087 crosses over McDowell Street and the Tug Fork River just west of ... (more)

Continuing further, we catch NS #4087 at Big Four Tunnel No. 1 outside of Big Four, WV. The railroad dips and winds its way through the valley followed closely by U.S. Route 52 and Elkhorn Creek h... (more)