River Series: NS 8000, the first numbered ES44AC, leads NS 278 over the Roanoke river with the blueridge mountains in the background, as the train heads east toward Wabun, toward Roanoke.

NS 8000 leads a mixed freight through the crossovers at CP Prescott on the Harrisburg Line.

Class ES44AC leads Oakwood, MI to Chattanooga, TN train 189 through NS Tenbridge, so named for the Tennessee River below. Construction of the lock into Lake Chickamauga is evidenced by the multip... (more)

ES44AC #8000 leads NS 776 south over the massive trestle in Troutville, Va on the Roanoke District.

The first ES44AC on the Norfolk Southern roster leads domestic coal train NS 776 south through Vesuvius, Va on the Roanoke district.

A pair of horseheads hustle NS 145 around the curve between Hazel Dell & West End Siding westward, bound for Kansas City.

NS 8000 West leads this IMNLB through the old SP location of Fingal, east of Cabazon.

A pair of NS units, with #8000 on the point lead a westbound IMNLB at West Palm Springs on a very hot afternoon along the Yuma Sub.

The Candy Cane Ballast Train awaits authorization to proceed down The Southern's old R Line into Andrews Yard.

On a humid summer night in Southwest Virginia, NS eastbound stack train 202 lights up the N&W CPL standing guard in downtown Glade Spring, Virginia. This CPL is not long for the world, as ptc will... (more)

The 68R, heading south down the Vine, rolls through Prillaman Switch with a load of Limestone for Belews Creek Steam Station.

The 68R, heading south down the Vine, slowly eases through Ferrum with a load of Limestone for Belews Creek Steam Station.

594, with class unit NS 8000 on the point, speeds south towards Baltimore with export coal loads for CONSOL.

A wild lashup on an ethanol train bound for NJ is led by the Class Unit ES44AC #8000, a former Santa Fe Warbonnet, and a KCS AC4400. The train is seen crossing the Delaware River on the former CN... (more)