An assortment of Southern Pacific EMD power I visible in the SP engine terminal in Bakersfield, California. To the left is Daylight-painted SD40E 7342, which is in town to assist 4-8-4 4449 over T... (more)

Early morning light gleams off a a former Conrail SD50 sitting in the sleepy, small town of Adel, Georgia. This unit started life in 1983 and was rebuilt in 2009 with Helperlink for operations in... (more)

Local switcher

This locomotive rebuilt by the Norfolk Southern Juniata Shops has quite a history. This unit was originally a SD50 built as Conrail 6707 in 1983. It once wore the "We Support Our Troops&quo... (more)

Switching Ends. Norfolk Southern 6311 and 6332 (SD40E) lead train H53 as it make the trip to Enola, PA over the Susquehanna River on the Rockville Bridge on November 18, 2020. With the intr... (more)

Bayview local crew H13, on board train I4M, is south on Amtrak as they knock down the signal at GUNPOW interlocking, with over 2 miles of mixed freight for Baltimore.

Hunting Altoona Fish In The Wild On A Grey Day. Norfolk Southern Corp SD40Es 6348 (née-CR 6724, SD50, 12/1983) and 6349 (née-CR 6702, SD50, 11/1983) have spent a significant portion of th... (more)

Taking RS1325 #31 to its final home. NS train D49 has I&M RS1325 #31 in tow as it makes its trip from the Tazewell & Peoria yard. The locomotive is bound for the Monticello Railway Museum in Mon... (more)

A not common SD40E visits the Bloomington District on train D36 to Decatur as they knock down South Lodge on the former Wabash mainline.

A NS SD40E & SD60E knock down Osman on the former Wabash mainline.

A Norfolk Southern local is seen coming into Enola Yard after crossing the Susquehanna River on the Rockville Bridge.

Norfolk Southern Buffalo to Fort Erie, Ontario local C93 waits for a crew at SK yard to bring the train to Canada. A pair of SD40E's and an SD75M are on the point, though the SD75M is dead in tow ... (more)

A solo SD40E leads the NS Conneaut to Erie local as it makes its way back west to Conneaut, crossing Pittsburgh Ave on the west side of Erie, Pennsylvania. The train outlawed in Erie and had to be... (more)

On a clear summer solstice evening, a collection of NS power sits on yard tracks and coupled to trains in Buffalo's Bison Yard, awaiting their next assignment.

More and more of the SD40E units are making their way out of pusher service on the western slope in Pennsylvania and are being dispersed throughout the NS system. Here #6313, seen from the air, l... (more)