NS 154 swings and sways through the curves in Concord with a near-new ET44AC in the lead.

NS 154 swings through the curves in Concord.

Another massive freight, this time NS 154, eases downgrade toward Linwood with a fresh out of the box ES44AC 8166 leading. This is one of three tier 4 credit units ordered by Norfolk Southern in 2... (more)

NS 154 comes around the big curve at Cramerton and will soon take a clear signal at South Fork. Also what all started 4 and a half years ago ended today. This was the last heritage unit I needed t... (more)

The Norfolk Southern Wabash Heritage Unit crosses the Yadkin River before entering Spencer Yard at Linwood NC.

While every railfan in the state of North Carolina was off chasing 611, a group of us went after a more modern heritage unit, NS 8098. The blue ES44AC is seen here on the point of 154, headed for ... (more)

After witnessing the old Southern signals being cut-out and the heads turned in Salisbury and Spencer, I came to the realization of just how quickly these signals are starting to disappear. I grew... (more)

As soon as we pull up to Five Row, 154 pulls slowly by with a high and wide of this wrecked GEVO from a head on collision in GA.

NS train 154 eaes into Atlanta, Georgia from Birmingham with the "Conrail" ES44AC 8098 in the lead while passing over Parrott Ave.

With just an SD40-2 and an ES44AC online, NS 154 crests the grade at North Kannapolis with three dead locomotives and a heavy train in tow trying to beat the evening Amtrak to Salisbury.

NS 154 makes a run for the hill into Concord with a former N&W SD40-2 on the point. In an age where widecab locomotives dominate the scene, these old workhorses are still out there earning their k... (more)

Two men gaze out upon the water waiting for a fish to yank their line as northbound mixed freight 154 passes overhead with the Virginian heritage unit leading on a beautiful November day.

In the last light of a wet, dreary Easter Sunday, northbound manifest NS 154 passes the Vulcan Materials quarry just north of Liberty, SC, powered by four NS motors with a considerably lengthy tra... (more)

NS 154 slowly pulls the freight through Mableton, GA on its way towards Nickajack and onto the Piedmont Division bound for Linwood, NC

NS 154 turns off his lights, as he sits in the runaround at Mableton to waiting on quite a bit of traffic before slowing pulling towards Nickajack.