The 17M with a lot of power and a short train has no trouble doing track speed as it heads up hill by Lucasville, on a very hot and hazy evening.
Westbound 17M ehind NS 8707, NS 9207, GMTX 2619, NS 6084 and NS 4131.
Snow flurries start as 17M heads westbound through Toledo.
The horn of 2565 echoes and reverberates off the businesses and homes in the town of Clyde as the engine single-handedly leads a fairly long 17M westbound up the Toledo District.
17M coasts across the trestle spanning the Portage River in Oak Harbor, a single SD70 locomotive at the point.
NS 17M splits the signals at Eckman on his way to Williamson on a beautiful afternoon in November.
With the last remnants of fall colors clinging to the trees NS 17M shows off the current state of power on lesser NS trains with rented junk up front reminiscent of CSX 10 years ago.
AN ex-Oakway leaser leads todays 17M. I've seen several of these along the Pokey in the last few weeks.
Taken from the town overlook along the bypass, 17M passes through downtown Welch and past the McDowell Co. Courthouse as some railfans shoot from trackside.
17M passes under the classic cantilever signal still in use along the Pokey.
Westbound through Shawsville on a Friday evening with a couple of ex-CR units. I would have to say this is my favorite location between Roanoke and Christiansburg on the N&W.
This train heads out of town ahead of the curfew that will be in place for 3 days to finish up the HCP.
17M swings around the Oak Harbor Connection and onto the NS Chicago Line during a pretty good winter storm.
The 17M leaves Bluefield Yard with a D8-40CW still in Conrail paint, as the pair work hard to get the train up to speed.
