A CSX B40-8 leads NS train 218 as it heads towards Portsmouth.

218 gets ready to cross Weber Rd, as I photograph it from down in the ditch.

NS 218 passes over the defect detector as the crew of NS 16K watch it fly by.

NS 218 passes though Watkins yard on its way out of Columbus, down the NS Columbus district.

Hot pigs fly acros the CSX diamonds at Leipsic Junction. Note the misspelling on the NS station sign.

Boxed or straight? NS 9901 and NS 9091

The small town quiet of McComb is interrupted by the passage of eastbound intermodal train 218 as it speeds its freight on the (former) Nickel Plate.

2533 leads its train out of Watkins Yard.

Hustling around one of the few curves on this line.

Hot intermodal train 218 easing it's way through Renick Yard, on the southside of Chillicothe. Mount Logan rises on the far right.

Finally the fall colors have arrived, as this train heads south on the NS Columbus line.

Eastbound intermodal train 218 bursts out of the dense fog at the east end of Payne siding. The train could be heard for several minutes, but until just seconds before this photo was taken not ev... (more)

9566 leads a pig train out of Columbus towards Portsmouth, soon the Eastbound trains will be running on the new track to the left.

A fast moving train kicks up some dust in a freshly ballasted area where the new main for the intermodal terminal are being constructed next to Duvall Grain & Feed.