Tight Quarters

The NS OCS, freshly painted and renumbered to make room for more AC44C6M rebuilds, rolls under the 218 automatics at Birmingham, PA south of Tyrone. The former PRR Br... (more)

Their Mortal Remains

The NS Office Car Special descends 'The Slide' between the summit at AR Tower and Bennington Curve, passing the last notable remnant of the iron furnace town for... (more)

Final Leg of the Journey: The OCS train has just swapped crews in Columbia as they begin the final leg of their journey to Augusta, GA for the Masters Classic. While most of the trip w... (more)

956 approaches Augusta, GA as it passes Vaucluse pond near Graniteville, SC en route to the Masters.

Street Running! With a lot of onlookers and a friendly and interactive conductor, NS 270 leads the OCS down Sixth Street toward the Bulk Yard, where it will rest during the Masters.

Crossing the Potomac River at Shepherdstown, WV are the renumbered and repainted Norfolk Southern F OCS locomotives on their first voyage in 2019 destined for the Master's Tournament in Augusta, G... (more)

Throwback Shot! In what could easily be a shot from the 1950s (except maybe for the fiber optic posts), these F9 diesels lead the NS OCS west on the Southern's R-Line through the peach orc... (more)

The newly painted and renumbered Norfolk Southern Executive units lead their first train since the renumbering on a trip South for the Masters Golf Tournament. Pictured here crossing the Poto... (more)

Running to the Masters. NS 270 leads the OCS toward the Bulk Yard in Augusta, GA, where it will stay for the duration of the Masters Golf Tournament.

Norfolk Southern's Executive Train (Office Car Special) passes under the PRR position signals in Tipton, PA.

Freshly Painted Ponies! In what I understand is their first run after being renumbered, and looking very polished and clean, NS 270 leads the OCS across the Sixth Street Bridge and off the... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Office Car Special runs down the main through downtown Graniteville, South Carolina, with freshly repainted and renumbered F9A 270 leading. 50 feet behind me is the switch wh... (more)

With newly rebuilt AC44C6M locomotives being added to the roster with numbers in the 4000 series, the Norfolk Southern Executive units had to be renumbered and repainted. Here, in Altoona, the F ... (more)

The sunset is close to being over and the blue hour begins. In this 30 second exposure four cab units displayed, BN 1 F9A, C&NW 411 F7A, MILW 118-C F7A, and MILW 37-A E9A.

By July 6, 1964, NdeM 8, El Fronterizo, is a train most Yankees can only dream of, a seemingly endless string of primea and secunda-class coaches, lightweight and heavyweight Pullmans, full diner,... (more)