12R got the job of assisting a derailed UP locomotive from down south. UP 6052 was making its way to NS's Juniata Shops, due to the "you break it, you pay for it" rule. As of the photo p... (more)

Hints of the Southern. The daily 12R run from Columbia suffered some mechanical issues and reversed into the yard to clear those up, with the head end waiting here near a remnant Southern ... (more)

A Kansas City Southern de México locomotive makes a very rare appearance on this line leading Norfolk Southern Train 12R.

Talk about last light.... We're in the final minutes of daylight on what was a beautiful Easter Sunday here in Northern Virginia. Norfolk Southern Train 12R rolls through Broad Run in Fauquier Co... (more)

Norfolk Southern Train 12R rolls through the historic community of Delaplane, Virginia.

Norfolk Southern train 12R rolls through Broad Run, Virginia westbound on the NS B-Line.

Norfolk Southern train 12R crosses Virginia State Route 55 westsbound on the Norfolk Southern B-Line through Marshall, Virginia. A little bit of ice remains on the roof of the shed from the ice ea... (more)

Northbound train 12R (Columbia, SC - Enola, PA) crossing the diamond on late summer morning. Note the DODX flatcar with M1 Abrams tank.

Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific GE ES44AC locomotives paired together on a northbound train at Gilbert Station.

Some movement in the swamp we call Linwood Yard... NS 12R backs down the hump (for some reason) having sat in the yard for a few days at this point. It ended up leaving the day after I took this.

A pair of AC44C6Ms northbound.

Northbound train 12R crossing the diamond in the morning. A Georgetown Rail Equipment (GREX) SlotMachine can be seen in the background.

A trio of Norfolk Southern's newest locomotives crossing the diamond at Charlottesville. The three ProgressRail SD70IACs were built in 2019 to NS specifications but were part of the EMDX lease fle... (more)

Norfolk Southern road freight 12R passes the campus of Messiah College (now Messiah University) on a beautiful summer morning. Since my graduation in 2014, the campus has undergone some significan... (more)

NS 12R works Charlotte yard as the late afternoon sun begins to set over the Queen City.