A shifter works Dismal Yard and Sun Coke. The conveyor on the right serves the massive smokeless coal ovens of Sun Coke. This activity is along Norfolk Southern's busy Buchanan Coal Branch...

Norfolk Southern 50D heads out of Columbia, SC on their way towards Monetta to drop off a grain train.

SD70M-2 2714 leads this ZATLCX down San Timoteo Canyon.

2 NS EMD's lead this extra Atlanta to Los Angeles Z down Beaumont Hill.

NS 2714 & NS 6632 head west through Montreal West with a nice all EMD lashup. That's fellow RP contributor and CN conductor Lorence... (more)

Only power spotted in Auville Yard, due to the dramatic decrease of coal being shipped. Note the old coaling tower still standing from the days of "King Coal".

NS 285 passes the somewhat humble crew office in Lawrenceburg as it heads east for Danville.

A hard frost muted most of this year's fall color, but the hills still have some color as a westbound intermodal train crosses the Conemaugh River near Johnstown, PA.

NS steel slab empty gondolas make their way eastbound through CP FORD onto the NS MORL connecting track across Ford Street in Norristown behind SD70M-2 2714.

Eastbound manifest train with a ex Conrail second engine on train.

A beautiful Sunday morning yields a nice surprise even for a GE fan. A 70M-2 makes a rare appearance on the Appy District, leading 73R west. blowing down a clear signal at Yuma. Nikon D80

Sewage settling pools look a little bit like turntables from this vantage point.

NS 19G is backing, on the mainline, to the rest of its train after making a pickup at Hershey.

NS 309 heads across the trestle in Conneaut at last light with five units-the last being a brand new NS 7695, a gevo in primer picked up from GE about an an hour prior to this photo.

203 heads south through the defect detector at Antietam behind a new EMD.