After a quick crew change in Burnside, NS 117 works hard up the grade at Keno as it passes its counterpart, NS 116, who is in emergency.

At the end of a long journey NS 117 (Bellevue,OH-Chattanooga,TN) finally get into one of the receiving track from the west-side of the arrival/departure track, but leading the long junk train is o... (more)

After waiting at Junction City for a few northbounds, NS 117 rolls through the beautiful countryside in Moreland with the Central New Jersey unit leading

NS 117 sprints through CP Delaplain under the last remaining Southern searchlight bridge on the CNO&TP

After a 37 hour stint tied down on a side track in Knoxville, a mixed freight heads west behind a rather flashy visitor. Union Pacific 1982, the Missouri Pacific heritage SD70ACe, is pulling this ... (more)

A former UP SD9043MAC has left Danville behind leading 117 south on a beautiful early Spring day.

Due to major congestion, MOW work, and crew shortages, a few trains from the busy Rathole line have been detouring over the Pocahontas Division. Bellevue to Chattanooga freight train 117 passes th... (more)

NS 117 rounds the 8 degree curve through 299 foot long Pembroke Tunnel with UP Heritage leading.

MoPac! A detoured NS 117 makes a very unusual run through Knoxville. However, the biggest stir wasn’t caused by the re-routed train. The big story was the lead unit. Railfans seem to come... (more)

The Missouri Pacific heritage SD70ACe sits on the bicycle track in Bearden, just west of Willoughby Interlocking in Knoxville, Tennessee. This train had a plethora of problems including a boxcar l... (more)

Rare visit by one of Union Pacific's Heritage units at track speed past Town of Abingdon's NW Caboose.

A rare sight along the eastern seaboard, Union Pacific #1982 (Mopac Heritage) leads re-routed train #117 through Bristol, TN in route to Knoxville and eventually Chattanooga.

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, a rerouted NS 117 races through Seven Mile Ford Virginia with the Missouri Pacific in cammand bound for Chattanooga Tennessee.

NS 117 rolls west through the snow blanketed rock cut just west of Springfield, Ohio.