A northbound mixed freight is rumbling across the lake on a beautiful spring day back when when we thought of high horsepower B-Bs as a recipe for speed. When will be regular have C-Cs with 900-... (more)

After squiggling down the creek from Bluefield this auto rack train is cruising along the New River.

An ACe leads a loaded ethanol train east through Wabun, VA on the Whitethorne district.

NS's Illinois Terminal and Wabash heritage units lead 37M West through Forest Hill.

After getting run around by the Silver Star, NS 350 gets back up to track speed at Clayton led by an SD70ACe.

Back when NS had this real fetish about running long hood first this northbound freight is rattling across the famous bridge with a (then) foreign unit.

NW`s first SD40 is seen at Chattanooga TN

Train #112 was an eastbound train but on this route segment it is running west on a nice fall day.

NS P75 crossing the Congaree River

A Norfolk Southern rail bus cruises past the photographer as it approaches its next stop at Seaside Amusement Park in this July 1937 photograph.

NS did what I consider a tasteful job of renumbering when they acquired their portion of Conrail. This unit is working a mine run on the former Interstate. It's still around, rebuilt to 6354 and... (more)

After my previous posting the locomotive stayed in our area for a while and here is a photo of it idling the day away.

Between East Drive and North Church the former N&W followed the narrow confines of the Middle Fork of the Holston River, at this point just a large creek, more or less. Sharp curves before and af... (more)

Wide Cab and Standard Cab "E" Rebuilds: NS 7005 (a rebuilt wide cab SD60E) and NS 6320 (a rebuilt standard cab SD40E) take NS H76 west towards Allentown, PA after interchanging cards at Man... (more)

I posted the helpers first. Here is the front of that train I uploaded earlier. Back in the coal days. Back when there were locomotive on the roster not numbered in the 4000s, LOL.