NS 120 sits stopped on the main awaiting the arrival of NS 122 from the East. Train 20T was also stopped behind NS 120 at the Tolono diamond.

But Which Place? The famous sign proclaims "Bristol: A Good Place To Live" describing the cities of the same name in both Virginia and Tennessee as Norfolk Southern Corp Train 127... (more)

Three locomotives lead southbound Norfolk Southern grain train 52W past Pomona Yard in Greensboro, NC on a sunny June 24, 2019.

I always made a point of shooting the Roadrailers, both because they were unique and the future was uncertain.

While waiting in Stevenson, AL for a signal to advance to Bridgeport and cross the Tennessee River on CSX trackage rights, the engineer on this NS manifest had to ask the dispatcher to "Tell ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's yard in Bluefeild is just a shell of a operation of what it once was. Often this yard used to be filled with diesel smoke and long strings of coal hoppers or even earlier steam ... (more)

A lengthy train of empty hoppers(en-route to Auville Yard in Iaeger) creep across the massive Trace Fork Viaduct in Amonate, Va., along the former Norfolk & Western Dry Fork Branch. Originating at... (more)

The 194 rounds the curve, and heads out of Circleville, and lets out a little heat on a chilly fall evening.

Rack train 23V strolls across the White River in Muncie, northbound on the New Castle.

An unexpected treat while we awaited the Cake Boss Acela, NS ran a rare daylight coal train up the corridor. Led by ES40DC 7596, the coal drag rumbles across the PRR built bridge at Perryville, MD... (more)

11J heads down the hill in evening light

25Z catching the last light of this late August evening

NS 722 departs Appalachia. We would chase this train all the way back to Watkins by sunset.

NS 722 heads East toward a meet with two Westbounds at Watkins. Only about 20 seconds after this shot, CSX Q696 came roaring over the Copper Creek Viaduct that looms overtop of this 722.