The echoing roar of locomotives working hard to pull freight up the mountain at Toccoa cuts through the frigid air on a frosty winter morning with record snowfalls for North Georgia.

Norfolk Southern Train 153 heads West through DeArmanville, AL. With NS SD80MAC #7221 on the point

153 rumbles down main #2 at Lula, GA on the former Piedmont Division.

The Norfolk & Western heritage unit leads a gaggle of other NS and two KCS locomotives on southbound train #153. Passing through the small community of Alto, GA on a beautiful fall morning.

Southbound 153 takes a diverging route at Metler, located between Liberty and Easley, SC.

Norfolk Southern Train 153 heads West to Norris Yard as they come out of the tunnel in Cook Springs, AL. With an SD80MAC on the point

The Lackawanna heritage unit leads southbound NS 153 through Norris, SC.

A colorful lashup leads Linwood, NC to Birmingham, AL manifest south at the Belton intermediate in Lula, GA.

NS 153 exhibited a mix of color (CP red, blue and gray on NS's Central of Georgia heritage unit and UP Armour Yellow) as it rolls southbound through Norris, SC.

With only four former UP SD90MACs remaining active prior to entering the SD70ACU rebuild program, time is dwindling on photo opportunities for the NS Canaries. NS 7238 leads the day's 153 to Birmi... (more)

With only four former UP SD90MACs remaining active prior to entering the SD70ACU rebuild program, time is dwindling on photo opportunities for the NS Canaries. NS 7238 leads the day's 153 to Birmi... (more)