NS 217 is right on time desipte bad wind and snow conditions to the east.

Westbound NS 217 leans into the S curve east of Ingleside, upgrade on the Christiansburg District toward Bluefield. Fall colors are at their peak along East River.

With a former CR leader, NS Greensboro-Chicago train 217 brings double stacks off the single track at Lunbeck.

NS 217 snaking through some tight curves between Ingleside and Oakvale. Just visible in the upper right section of the photo is the Princeton-Deepwater District.

NS 217 splitting the CPLs at Ingleside.

NS 217 rolls through the small community of Ada as it completes the last few miles of its run into Bluefield.

NS 217 heads west on Main Two through Shawsville on a fine summer evening. It's always a treat to get back home to the mountains of southwest Virginia!

Norfolk Southern 217 passes through the hamlet of Keiferville, Ohio just east of Continental. The town has long since passed the good old days.

With horns blaring and the sound of GE's in notch eight, NS 217 makes his presence known as he grinds uphill through Willowtown WV towing a hotshot intermodal train bound for Chicago .

Three GE's charge into the yard at Bluefield, with a hotshot intermodal train bound for Chicago, IL.

The hottest train on the Pokey, a westbound NS 217 passes the increasingly N&W CPL's in downtown Welch.

NS 217 carries the flag of Nicekl Plate High Speed Service into the 21st century as it takes a long string of high priority intermodal freight past the connection with the Lima District. The Lima... (more)

Intermodal train 217 approaches Claypool on their trip west to Chicago.

Westbound intermodal train 217 rolls along through the farmlands approaching Claypool on a mild late autumn afternoon. This is the first time I've been able to see 217 since the Heartland Corridor... (more)

NS 217 leaves town on a perfect fall day.