NS train 21M flies around the curve at Mattawana Pa with NS 8114, the original Norfolk Southern Heritage unit on the point. A BNSF C44-9W trails NS 8114.

Norfolk Southern TOFC train 21M glides downgrade on the Pittsburgh Line's West Slope as it passes under the Jamestown Road bridge in Portage, Pennsylvania. This bridge featured a unique set of PRR... (more)

NS AC44C6M 4201 leads 21M west at Cove on a beautiful Fall afternoon.

“Riderless Horse”
Maybe you know it as “Mexico”, or “Tuscarora”, or “SIP 148.7”, or “Book’s Century Farm”, or “Book’s Crossing”, or simply “Book’s”. But... (more)

Post-storm sky conditions place Tuscarora Mountain in complete shadow at 16:26, while priority intermodal NS 21M (Croxton, NJ-Chicago/63rd St, IL) races west on Track 1, approaching Book’s Cross... (more)

Westbound intermodal train 21M (Croxton, NJ to Chicago 63rd Street) is seen crossing the 3,820 foot Rockville Bridge across the Susquehanna River. The drone was flown from the deck of the popular ... (more)

NS 21M gets ready to make its assault on the Allegheny Grade

The new wide cab face of the mountains shoves a long 21M around the curve and over the hill.

An SD70ACe leads NS 21M westbound in Hummelstown, Pa on the Harrisburg line.

With an AC44C6M on the point, Norfolk Southern intermodal train 21M heads west past the PRR position lights a milepost 172 on the Pittsburgh Line, just outside of Lewistown.

"Stacks Over Moodna"

Westbound NS intermodal 21M races through CP RADE and under the new Safetran signals that are waiting to be activated when the interlocking is cutover. At the cutover, PTC will be active and these... (more)

In a move rarely seen, NS 21M crosses over from track 2 to track 1 at CP-Altoona as it heads westbound up the East Slope of the NS Pittsburgh Line. Due to the derailment of NS 35A at Horseshoe Cur... (more)

A GE locomotive moves intermodal containers through CP Trobe. The cutover has since taken place and the Pennsy signals have been removed.

NS 21M blasts out of the Gallitzin Tunnel and into perfect light on its way west to Chicago on a cold, February day.