NS #2629 leads westbound train 135 at Grovestone, just west of Black Mountain, NC.

A single SD70M struggles out of Bryan with a lengthy loaded rack train in tow, splitting the NYC tri-lights and passing a NYC concrete milepost marking 345 miles from Buffalo.

A great day of chasing black diamonds in the Mon Valley started off little something like this... N30 knocks down CP "STREET" in West Brownsville and begins its trek down Main Street.

Eastbound at Peru, the 34N will stop for a crew change and set out the blue & white GMTX unit for the 255 triple crown.

With a SD70M up front NS 23G heads east by Waddy.

Coming up the grade to Esperence Station Road past one of the few signal gantry tpwers of the D&H days still operable. This Crew will have a long wait at Main Street in Delanson this morning as... (more)

A late running 23K bangs across the diamond with the Buffalo Southern.

A mile of double stacks passes through the Garfield sag and crosses Smith-Goshen Rd as it makes it's way west for Chicago.

NS 145 rounds the curve west of Drawbridge on a cold blustery day.

Just after sunset, NS 32A coasts into the siding between MP 53 and 51 to wait for H76 to head west on the main.

Hoppers Westbound.

Snow has fallen in Memphis and finds a little sweeping necessary to clear the frozen stuff from the switch. This area is known as Broadway. The tracks belong to, from left to right, BNSF (2), NS (... (more)

Eastbound on the Lehigh Line.

A minivan stuck in the grade on the tracks misses being struck by NS 37Q with only yards to spare. The quick acting crew put the train into emergency and managed to stop before hitting the vehicle... (more)

NS 37Q heads west with a short manifest train. Lead unit NS 2629 sounded like only 2 of the 5 chimes in its horn were functional.