After traversing the Loops, P87 winds into Old Fort with a train of empty chips for Bridgewater.

The NS chip local approaches Black Mountain just after sunrise.

The first weeks of Spring also bring the final weeks of woodchips being hauled on NS local P87. With the impending close of the paper mill in nearby Canton images like this will soon be a memory.

P87 slowly works around "the Loops" between Asheville and Old Fort with a train of woodchip empties for Bridgewater. This is one of the more amazing stretches of trackage to observe, esp... (more)

Making ~20mph up the 1.29% grade from Choccolocco to Cleburne, a large 24E slogs up the ruling grade between Birmingham and Atlanta.

Morning in Lyons PA.

NS 9507 sits idle in the Bristol Yard waiting to lead NS 112 West after the Christmas holiday.

NS 112 and NS 15T sit tied down in the Bristol yard for the Christmas holiday waiting for NS operations to resume

An up close and personal view of the lead units on NS 112 and 15T tied down for Christmas.

A track worker cuts the rolled rail in front of a leaning Dash 9 that derailed after the rail gave way from the weight of the engines on rain saturated ground. This was the last unit of three eng... (more)

Westbound With BNSF 5243 , NS 8359 (ex Conrail ) with some of the last remaining fall colors

An eastbound Intermodal train blasts past the closed former C&IM Shops Tower. Now called I&M, the shortline controls the interlocker here and the occasionally unattentive dispatchers sometimes del... (more)