After being delayed in Columbus for a bit, the UPS train heads back out into the open, eastbound on the Columbus District.
NS 218 heads by a farm, on its way though Ross County on a nice clear day.
The highest priority train on the Columbus District, UPS train 218 heads though Renick Yard on its way though Chillicothe.
NS 218 passes under the large bridge that carries the CSX Northern Sub over the NS Columbus District. A CPL once stood just in front of the bridge, all that is left of it now is it's base.
NS 218 rounds the curve and passes the NW CPL and prepares to pound the diamond, as it continues east on the Sandusky District.
NS 218 passes by the already harvested fields, as the trees begin to show some fall color.
With hit and miss sunlight this afternoon, NS 218 happened to come by during a moment when the sun was sort of out, and after I explained to the Sheriff what I was doing standing up on this bridge... (more)
NS 218 having went in emergency about a mile away from this location, begins to pick up speed heading east, past the soybean field in the late evening light.
NS 218 passes the large metal grain elevator as it rounds the curve, and starts heading down the Kingston hill.
NS 218 crosses the Scioto River in the late afternoon. With the heartland corridor improvements, the code line on this bridge has been removed.
Passing an interesting photo prop, NS 218 hammers the B&O diamond, eastbound on the former NKP mainline. The grain silo was being towed on a trailer by a pickup truck, and the local farmer who own... (more)
NS 218 crosses high above from South Point OH into Kenova WV, on the massive Ohio Bridge, east on the Kenova District.
218 pass by a new double track siding that was put in recently to serve a new warehouse, along with the detention basin that is mostly full today.
Kenova trestle across the Ohio River into Kenova, WVa
218 comes East across the Ohio River into West Virginia.
