NS auto train 287 departs Buffalo and heads towards CP DRAW with a C40-9 in the lead.

Locomotives:
NS 8806 C40-9
NS 4044 AC44C6M

Norfolk Southern trains 287 and 206 meet at CP Evans in Derby, NY on the Lake Erie District. Led by C40-9 8806, train 287 took the siding.

Locomotives:
287:
NS 8806 C40-9
NS 4044 ... (more)

One of the few remaining C40-9's on the NS roster leads westbound auto train 287 as it takes the siding at the Lake View CP and slows for a meet with eastbound train 206.

Locomotives:
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One of the few remaining standard cab Dash 9's leads westbound auto train 287 as it heads west from Buffalo, passing code line poles near Bayview Road. Ironically, the trailing unit is an AC44C6M ... (more)

A Ferromex/CSX combo rolls south on NS towards Binghamton with an empty Bellvue, OH bound autorack. Ferromex units are not very common on NS D&H South Line.

A Ferromex-CSX combo leads the NS Ayer, Ma to Bellevue, OH empty autorack train. It is passing over the small CP segment between Mechanicville, NY and Schenectady, NY.

October first feels like a warm summer day as NS autorack train 287 crosses over Conneaut Creek and the Bessemer with a BNSF GEVO and NS 60E for power.

Locomotives:
BNSF 7157 ES44C4
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An NS SD60 leads autorack train 287 as it departs Buffalo and heads towards CP Draw.

Locomotives:
NS 6711 SD60
NS 9236 C40-9W

NS 287 blows past the signals at CP Mentor on a cold afternoon with an ex Conrail SD80MAC leading the way

A friendly engineer waves as NS autorack train 287 heads through Dean Siding in Erie with a 4 loco lashup.

Locomotives:
NS 8082 ES44AC
NS 9156 C40-9W
NS 9235 C40-9W
NS 9641 C40... (more)

Westbound auto train NS 287 comes around the bend at Bort Road after crossing into PA from NY.

Locomotives:
NS 8967 C40-9W
NS 9112 C40-9W

Westbound auto train 287 makes its way past the grape fields on North East, PA.

Locomotives:
NS 9662 C40-9W
NS 9182 C40-9W

A pair of NS Dash 8's of Conrail heritage lead 287 west through Erie passing the Wesley Control Point.

Locomotives:
NS 8467 C40-8W
NS 8415 C40-8W

287 leans into a curve just east of Buffalo.

On a rare occasion, you will see a CN locomotive show up on NS/CP. Here CN 5672 one of the first i've seen leading on CP trackage near Mechanicville leads the NS 287 west into the sun around the c... (more)