Fresh out of the Juniata Shops, NS 7323 leads its first train as an EMD SD70ACU in fresh paint. NS AC44C6M 4069 is also on its first train in fresh paint after rebuild.

The quietness fulfilling this small town scene is broken by the scream of an increasingly rare SD90MAC in the lead of northbound intermodal 222 as it treks north toward Charlotte.

Norfolk Southern train 115 rolls past the White Oak Energy center with one of 100 second hand SD90MAC's purchased from the UP. Steve Smedley photo

Ex-UP 7323, still in UP colors, eases ethanol train 66E through the small community of Newell, approaching a 10mph speed restriction.