After a snow storm came through the area the day before, the snow capped hills serve as winters last hurrah as NS 12Z enters the farmlands of Arcadia on its trip up the Shenandoah Valley

NS SD70ACC 1822 passing the Norfolk and Western Railway color position light signals and whistle post at Glasgow. Photo taken from Blue Ridge Road.

Northbound train 12Z, with a single motor on the head-end, passing the N&W color position lights at Arcadia. Photo taken from Solitude Road in Buchanan, Botetourt County.

With a solid EMD lash up, NS 12Z rolls east through Shawsville, Va.

NS Train 12Z (Knoxville to Enola) is seen shoving back across the Rockville Bridge to the Buffalo Line where it will be tied down until a new crew can bring the train into the yard.

Norfolk Southern train 12Z (Roanoke, VA-Binghamton, NY manifest) heads through Arcadia, Virginia northbound on the Norfolk Southern Roanoke District.

NS 12Z sits atop the trestle in the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg. A power set sits behind it, both waiting for a signal.

The NS 1071, the Jersey Central Heritage Unit, leads the 12Z across Terrace Drive and enters the East Binghamton Yard on 3/20/21

With engineer Mitch Guilliams behind the throttle, NS 12Z flies northbound through Stuarts Draft, VA on a snowy, winter morning. Photo taken on February 7, 2021.

After suffering a multitude of issues earlier in the morning and having set off some cars at CP PKIN, just north of Vesuvius.. NS 12Z kicks up snow making it's way North past the CPL's at DuPont, ... (more)

NS 12Z rolls North at Wilda in a Stuarts Draft, Va bound for Binghamton, Ny on a very nice fall morning on the valley line.. With the train originating out of Roanoke, 12Z the counterpart to 11Z ... (more)

Eastbound with a long manafest train at crossing below town.