With a temperature of 20, the 16T rolls through Meadowview, VA at track speed blowing any loose powder from the rail and creating a wind chill of around zero.

Symmetry as NS 16T rolls slowly into Harrisburg on the former Reading Bridge.

Power from three foreign railroads team up to move NS 16T eastbound in to Allentown Yard on this beautiful morning. Leading is KCS SD70ACe 4019 with BNSF C44-9W 4792 and UP SD70M 4397 trailing.

The outbound Q23 with coal empties waits for the inbound 16T, after a quick crew change for a Virginia crew, the 16T would head on to Roanoke, and the Q23 would depart into Tennessee to Bulls Gap ... (more)

After almost two and half hours of switching, 16T gets back under way and heads for Shanendoah with only eight hours until the crew outlaws. 16T set the two cars off in front of the NS truck due t... (more)

Pouring rain, what a time to have to tie a train down. The taxi is waiting nearby, however.

While on the hunt for some fall color along the NS H-line, I stumbled upon a little patch here at Millwood, Virginia.

An ex Conrail works a northbound manifest in the snow and ice.

South Bristol serves as the backdrop for NS 16T. The conductor was on the radio with Shenandoah Dispatch for permission to cross over onto the NS Pulaski District as this photo was taken, just shy... (more)

With Boone Lake in winter draw down, NS 16T crosses the S. Fork of the Holston River at Bluff City.

NS 16T heads into Bristol for a crew change with a big surprise with two BNSF units providing the only power. The lead unit looks as if it has just came off the wash rack.

Norfolk Southern has been working hard the past few weeks by working on new ballast and new ties as evident by the ties lined up and down the right of way.

Former Conrail SD60I 5626 leads 16T into Bristol. If not for the NS renumber and removed class lights, this shot could have been believed to have been taken on CR trackage 10 years ago.

NS 16T is the 2nd of 3 Eastbounds within 15 miles of each other headed toward Bristol for new crews.

16T approaching Ford with an ex CR leader. Notice the piles of fresh ballast to the left of the train that will be loaded into hoppers and unloaded along the main line on the NS East End District.