One of Norfolk Southern's workhorse dash 9 locomotives leads northbound manifest freight train 36Q through Greensboro, NC on November 10, 2014.

On a crisp November 10, 2014, Norfolk Southern's Erie Railroad heritage unit leads southbound intermodal train 218 around a curve in Jamestown, NC.

With SD40-2 number 3240 leading, Norfolk Southern train 158 rolls through Greensboro, NC on November 10, 2014.

The autumn colors are in full swing as Norfolk Southern train P61 rolls along on the Charlotte District mainline in Spencer, NC on November 8, 2014. After traveling a couple of miles on the mainli... (more)

With SD60 number 6649 leading, Norfolk Southern train P94 heads across Salem Lake on its way toward the yard in Winston Salem, NC on November 3, 2014.

On the return trip from Winston Salem, Norfolk Southern train P94 rolls under the northbound signals at High Point, NC on November 2, 2014.

A pair of BNSF locomotives lead a northbound Norfolk Southern manifest freight train past Guilford Technical Community College in Jamestown, NC on October 24, 2014.

Led by ES40DC number 7584, Norfolk Southern train 36Q rolls through the switches at Elm in Greensboro, NC on October 24, 2014.

As it approaches the passenger depot in Greensboro, NC, Amtrak train 80 crosses over from track two to track one at Elm on October 24, 2014. Leading is Amtrak's phase I heritage unit, representing... (more)

An SD60 hat trick leads Norfolk Southern train P94 on its way back south towards Linwood as it rounds the S curve in Jamestown, NC on October 23, 2014.

A very clean dash 9 leads Norfolk Southern manifest freight train 18M through the signals at Maybeury, WV on October 22, 2014.

Dash 9 number 8981 leads a Norfolk Southern coal train past the color position light signals at Falls Mills, VA as it heads west along the Pocahontas District on October 22, 2014.

On an overcast October 22, 2014, Norfolk Southern intermodal train 217 hauls containers through the mountains in the community of Coopers, just outside of Bramwell, WV.

Having just departed Pomona yard, Norfolk Southern train 213 heads south through the signals at Cox in Greensboro, NC on October 17, 2014.

Headed up by a pair of EMDs, Norfolk Southern train 18M heads south through the signals at Cox in Greensboro, NC on October 17, 2014.