NS 8401 leads a manifest east through Chesterton

On the ex-Santa Fe, waiting on the south side of Ponder was the northbound Z that would be the BNSF participant later on at Metro, waiting hanging out the south switch, due to the 4 crossings that... (more)

A NS Dash 8 still in its Conrail garb leads 154 north towards Atlanta with some tanks tucked in behind.

With only about 150 units left on NS's roster still in ex-Conral blue paint, it is becoming increasingly rare to see any on road trains, let alone leading. Witness NS intermodal train 24Z heading ... (more)

Conrail scheme units dwindling fast as NS attempts to paint all blues to black by the end of the year; here one leads freight 17G westbound under the wires at Norristown.

Recrewed(again!) and rolling west across the Hudson to can(again!) at Crescent for the D&H crew to pick up.

A 16 unit wonder. The original hopper train, NS 615, lost both of it's units and was solely relying on the 4 pushers (in view coupled to the train) as sole power to get it up one of the hills jus... (more)

A westbound general mechandise clears the small southwest Cleveland suburb of Olmsted Falls with two deliveries for Union Pacific fresh out of Erie. If anyone is interested, the road numbers on th... (more)

South bound NS Triple Crown train 251 with 104 vans is seen rumbling by NS's Whitaker Yard at 11:32AM while passing the control point of England. This train has a destination of NS's Industry Yard... (more)

NS 16K heads eastbound for Peru just after meeting 15E a few moments earlyer at Sycamore just behind the train about a mile back.

Trains don't stay at Oakdale Yard for long, and these two southbounders will be pulling out for Harriman in short order. Oakdale Yard is nestled in the Obed river valley between Harriman and Oneid... (more)

Two westbound trains are split by another westbound. Not the conductor out on the platform of the train on the left doing a rolling inspection of the passing train.

Its train assembled, NS 8401 prepares to pull onto 99 track to move west from Norfolk Southern's busy intermodal facility at Pitcairn. Canon 20D and 300mm lens.

Almost a three way Conrail meet! The train at right is led by a former CR SD40-2, but the power had already gone past.