C'mon Feel the Illinois! A fixture on the NS' 554/555s the last month, NS 1072 leads Western PA coal north to the Cleveland Electric Illuminating plant in Avon, OH.

NS 554 sits in the yard awaiting permission to head north.

A frosty CEFX leader hosts 554 up the Mon Line bound for Conway on a cold and wintery morning.

NS 554 west over theRocky River on a beautiful October morning.

RP.net contributor Ian Hapsias can be seen standing next to the old PRR station after snapping his photo.

Two SD70ace's lead NS 554 west through Homestead on a nice April day after days and days of clouds and rain.

A pair of brand new ACe's (1008 and 1007) pulls 554 across the Rocky River. This is an exact duplicate of the scene one week prior when NS 1001 and 1000 were on the point of the train.

The first new SD70ACe's on the NS roster are power for 554 on a beautiful Sunday afternoon.

After travelling as far west as it will go, the 554 shoves the train past the Ford plant and into the CEI plant at Avon Lake. Power for the train is a pair of gleaming new SD70ACe's.

554 rolls through the Flats toward Cleveland Drawbridge with two brand new ACe's on the point.

Brand new SD70ACe 1008 and 1007 lug coal train 554 west across the Flats Viaduct and Drawbridge No. 2 toward the Reliant Energy Avon Lake plant.

This train was photographed by lots of people in lots of places on this beautiful day. Here the pair of brand new ACe's lead 554 up the grade just prior to Cleveland Drawbridge, as a scenic part ... (more)

Newly delivered NS 1001 and 1000 take fresh loads from the CONSOL Energy Bailey Mine in Southwestern Pennsylvania to RRI Engery in Avon Lake, Ohio.