This photo makes a pretty decent case for the purpose of Tier 4 locomotives (and beyond). NS 32A was abolished in late 2019.

An old paint dash 9 leads westbound NS 189 through Shawsville, Va in some nice evening light.

CP/NS train 931 is northbound along Lake Champlain at Ticonderoga, NY.

NS 26Q rolling through Austell. A course the Dash-9 is well lit 10 minutes after 220 with KCS power leading is covered by clouds.

A eastbound Q train out of Phoenix, AZ crosses an wooden trestle just track east of Date, AZ.

A eastbound z train out of Phoenix, AZ climbs uphill at Hillside, AZ.

A lone Dash 9 leads all of 14 well cars and 28 containers down the Sandusky District towards Columbus on a pleasant Saturday afternoon in Central Ohio.

A CP Grain train with a solid set of NS GEs begin their assault on Westminster Hill bringing them out of the Mississippi River Valley in St. Paul MN. This triangle of track known as Division offer... (more)

NS Dash 9 9924 leads 2 others on an intermodal train as it climbs the grade out of Altoona, PA

Westbound Union Pacific manifest MINKS-12 rolls through Kirkwood and past the town's former MoPac passanger station.

28T, BMW loads from Greer to Charleston, blasts through Pacolet, SC. A Seaboard Razorback trailer stands in the background.

371 crosses the Seneca River as the sun is setting. In the distance is Clemson's Memorial Stadium, also known as "Death Valley", home of the Clemson Tigers.

I heard that the NS 1070 Wabash unit was leading NS 225 heading West towards California. With today being an absolute perfect day weather-wise, I drove down to Rankin to try and catch it. ATDA-2... (more)

A pair of ponies race around the top bend of the Shawmut grade as they drop downhill in the middle of the Sonoran desert.

A train rolls over the trestle in Bud, Wv one last time. 150 coal hoppers heading to storage at Clark's Gap on the Princeton Deepwater District.