The NS 119 banks around the curves and passes the Kings Mountain mural in downtown Kings Mountain with Lady Liberty powering up front.

I had wanted to shoot these old cantilevers for a long time but this just made it a whole lot better. NS 119 comes by Concord with lady liberty doing the honers. And you might want to try and get ... (more)

NS 1071 leads Macon-bound manifest 119 under the ancient Southern Railway cantilever signal bridge at the Concord Intermediates.

As the sun quickly starts to dip below the horizon, NS 119 rolls through Kannapolis with a home-built EMD leading the charge.

Just as the sun prepares to dip below the horizon, NS 119 rolls through Landis with near-new UP 9034 in the lead.

NS 119 come's by Belmont with 2 SD60E's We went back an our so it felt later than usual when he came by us in the late afternoon light.

NS 119 thunders southward under crystal clear October skies.

It was defiantly worth the 2 hour wait to get 119 today. He had 2 SD70's your lucky to see 1 on a fright now let alone 2. But that is slowly changing now that NS is pulling them out of storage. In... (more)

NS 119 rolls through Grover, NC, just seconds from crossing into South Carolina. In the lead is an old standard cab, looking mighty fine in the beautiful evening light.

NS 119 eases into the curve and under the old Southern Railway-era intermediates at Lowell. I've wanted a shot of either a "straight 60" or "straight 70" under these signals f... (more)

Today's 119 featured a UP late-production SD70M followed by a UP ET44AH, a power set that arrived in Linwood earlier in the day on counterpart train 118. Also in the consist is another late-produc... (more)

NS 119 leans into the curve at W. Summit Ave. The train would trigger the crossing signals but they would not return to their off state resulting in a slow order for the next train through, P99.

NS 119 came by Belmont today he had my buddy shad on him today. He threw some old gaskets out to me and some other railfans. He had a M-2 leading the train today as well.

After getting duped by a cloud in Belmont, I caught up with 119 just a few miles south in Gastonia, NC. Seen here, UP SD70AH 8981 leads a UP/NS/CSX consist as the train prepares to run through CP ... (more)

Familiar train at a familiar location. NS 119 heads south at Belmont NC with a NS rebuilt SD60E on the point he had a rather long train.