NS loaded auto train #275 climbs Braswell Mountain

As the sun sets, NS 275 with two NS GEs up front crosses over the Philadelphia & Reading Bridge in Harrisburg as it heads westbound on the NS Lurgan Branch.

A quartet of NS locomotives on a southbound train at Melbourne Road.

A NS SD70ACe, CP SD70ACU and NS ET44AC passing the University of Virginia East Chiller Plant and The Flats at West Village.

A quartet of GE locomotives on southbound train 275 (Harrisburg, PA-Norfolk, VA) at Dale Avenue.

A southbound train passing through Arrowhead Valley.

A southbound train passing through Arrowhead Valley at Gleco Mills.

A pair of NS GE AC44C6M rebuild locomotives on the head-end of a southbound train at Red Hill Depot. NS 4146 was originally built as NS D9-44CW 8909 in 1996.

Southbound train 275, formerly 228, climbing the grade at Arrowhead Valley on a summer afternoon. NS AC44C6M 4557 was originally built as NS D9-44CW 9275 in 1999.

NS 275 (Shelbyville,KY-Atlanta,GA) glide south through Sunbridge, TN on the journey south for Chattanooga. It wasn’t until the late 1950’s and early 60s that the original 5+ mile section that ... (more)

The entire length of 275 can be seen on one of the few stretches of straight trackage on this line.

NS 275 crosses the diamond over the CSX at CP Hair MP 40.1H in Dalton, GA with NS #8121 ES44AC leading a NS SD70ACU heading south for Jacksonville, FL.

NS 275 catches a glimpse of the late afternoon sun as it drops into the Green River Valley before running the grade up to Kings Mountain and on to Burnside for a crew change.

With a nice wave from the Conductor, the crew of 275 bring a long load of new Ford trucks and SUVs down the hill into Oakdale.

During a breath taking August evening NS 275 (Shelbyville,KY-Atlanta,GA) is in the hold at the end of the double track main just outside of the metro Dalton area (MP 31.5H Waring) on the NS Atlant... (more)