NS 153 rumbles past Belton with a worn but welcome D8-40C leading the Linwood, NC to Birmingham, AL manifest. These standard cab Dash 8s are slated for rebuild under the Dash 8.5 rebuild program, ... (more)

The Thoroughbred of Transportation: NS 153 with an SD60 leading, passes a statue of Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger in downtown Buford. There is definitely a good comparison of horsepower ... (more)

Roaring West through Tallapoosa, GA. With a Monster 150 car Train is NS 153 bound for Norris Yard in Irondale, AL. With IC SD70 #1003 in the lead

Westbound NS Freight Train 153 with the Savannah & Atlanta SD70ACe NS #1065 Heritage Unit on the point roars through Heflin, AL. Bound for Norris Yard in Irondale, AL.

Train 153 takes the siding as they prepare to meet Amtrak 20 who is just a few miles up the line at the Anniston Amtrak Station.

After getting off work at Inman yard, I came home to spend time with family and some friends. I checked the scanners and saw 1065 was leading 153, so I took a slight detour home and managed to cat... (more)

Westbound NS Freight Train 153 heads into the Siding at DeArmanville, AL. for a meet with Amtrak 20 with the Savannah & Atlanta SD70ACe #1065 Heritage Unit on the point

Heading Westbound across the Coosa River Bridge in Riverside, AL. Is Norfolk Southern Freight Train 153 With the Savannah & Atlanta SD70ACe #1065 Heritage Unit on the point. 153 runs from Linwood,... (more)

Norfolk Southern's Savannah & Atlanta heritage SD70ACe, in the sharp Southern Railway tuxedo scheme, leads manifest 153 down the old Washington to Atlanta mainline on a muggy July morning.

After a brief stop at Yonah, 153 gets underway again in downtown Lula with the Lehigh Valley heritage unit making an appearance on the Greenville District for the first time.

Norfolk Southern's sharp Lehigh Valley heritage ES44AC brightens a dreary day leading NS 153 towards Atlanta and ultimately Birmingham, Alabama.

Hurling out clean exhaust, NS 153's three venerable Dash 9s lead their lengthy Linwood, NC to Birmingham, AL manifest under the new cantilever signal at Belton.

Linwood, NC to Birmingham mixed freight 153 flies by the Purina Feed Mill and the new Dixieland Lead (right-most track) in downtown Gainesville on a pleasant afternoon.

A solid set of Union Pacific power leads NS train 153 through the snowy former mill town of Kannapolis, NC.

THERE'S A NEW MAC IN TOWN! One of NS's newly acquired SD9043MACs leads train #153 through Central, SC on a very nice February morning.