The 17M leaves Bluefield Yard with a D8-40CW still in Conrail paint, as the pair work hard to get the train up to speed.
A westbound NS manifest with a fairly decent looking former warbonnet in the lead rolls through Edgerton, Ohio just over the state line from Butler, Indiana.
This train had a new unit up front and four more older standard cabs in the lashup. First shot with my new 24-105.
NS 17M crosses the Portage River on a quiet summer morning.
A mixed freight rumbles by two old cabs on the center siding that are awaiting their next assignment into the coalfields.
NS 17M is rolling West through Toledo on track 1 between the depot and Toledo yard. The tail end of a short NS 34N can be seen on track 2 - the head end is stopped at the pad for a crew change.
17M heads west under the signal bridge on main 2 at Eckman skating the yard which is once again bustling with coal business.
With the tunnel construction curfew out of the way for the day 17M follows the fleet of westbounds already ahead past the coal prep plant at Keystone.
