Natural Freights: NS 1049 leads manifest train NS 14Z over the James River in Natural Bridge, Virginia, as it continues its journey north toward Shenandoah Yard along the NS Hagerstown District.

After meeting 243, BMW train 18D (Greer-Charleston) is lining back to the mainline. Meets here are less common now that a section of double track has been completed about half way between Spartan... (more)

An ACe leads NS 22a west in Shawsville, Va.

At the Gauntlet: The now abolished 33K hits the "Guantlet Track" at CP Roselle Park as it heads west on the Conrail Lehigh Line. The trailing unit is NS 2718 (an SD70M-2 that is no longer i... (more)

Oil loads across the Crow river headed east with NS 1049 on the tail end.

Train 16T rolls through the town of Stanley with some color in the middle. The New Market gap is seen in the distance.

Daily local job A21 passes through downtown Birmingham, Alabama en route to Wilton, Alabama on the 3B District. This train doesn't usually have big AC power so this was quite a surprise!

A single SD70ACe leads a camp car train east by MP 27 on the Lurgan Branch. He'll take the siding in Mount Holly Springs to wait for 11R.

A loaded westbound coal train has almost made it to Illinois on the former NYC. The Illinois Terminal heritage unit is second in the consist.

West Brownsville, PA 7/12/2012 - Under brooding skies, Norfolk Southern coal train N-06 crosses the intersection of Bridge Boulevard and Main Street and passes the Holy Resurrection Russian Orthod... (more)

A pair of weathered ACe's pass the Oakvale United Methodist Church with their empties in tow. Fall foliage is at its peak, and with a small opening in the lower cloud deck, the sun illuminates the... (more)

New EMD pushers help a loaded coal train off the steep Gilbert Branch and onto the Pokey main.