On the morning of September 11, the NS OAR train with the 9-1-1 "Honoring First Responders" unit is about to start its third day of hazmat training for first responders in the region.

Norfolk Southern's safety train, led by SD60E 911, sits in the yard in Conneaut, Ohio on a June evening. The train spent a week here, with NS providing training to various first responder units fr... (more)

The Norfolk Southern Operation Awareness & Response (OAR) Train sits idle on a siding at Quantix Supply Chain Solutions. The train would be used during the week ahead to train local first responde... (more)

NS 974 accelerates out of Shenandoah Yard, soaring above Deep Hollow as they begin their trip to Hagerstown.

NS 974 (Safety Train) at Charlotte Yard

Emergency Response. On the night of December 1, 2017, Norfolk Southern SD60E 911 led train 28N into Binghamton, New York, seen here passing the former Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Rail... (more)

The safety train rolls east through Shawsville, VA on the Christiansburg district.

The safety train rolls east through RadfordVA and over 5he New River on the Pulaski district.

The safety train rolls east through Wytheville, VA on the Pulaski district.

The safety train rolls east through Atkins, VA on the Pulaski district.

The safety train rolls east through Groseclose , VA on the Pulaski district.

The safety train rolls east by the depot in Marion, VA on the Pulaski district.

NS 974 (Chattanooga,TN-Gainesville,GA) is making the shove on the CS-Main trk 2 to the north-end of the wye at Boyce. From there the outbound crew will tone up the dispatcher and will get a light ... (more)

Norfolk Southern's 'Honoring First Responders' painted SD60E leads Chattanooga, TN - Atlanta, GA manifest #347

NS 974 is tied down at the Jersey Road crossing, as the Knoxville west-end crew brought the special move south to Chattanooga earlier that evening. The OAR Hazmat train days prior has wrapped up i... (more)