After working in the steel mill west of Mansfield and talking to the Pittsburgh West dispatcher, 862 throttles through CP MANS on its way east to Conway.
Eastbound on siding with NS Central Jeresy Lines Heritage engine on loaded coal train.
Eastbound 862 at East Vandergrift! Look at that sky!
Eastbound 862 at CP SALTS!
What was once the PRR's Panhandle Mainline to St. Louis is now used as an interchange between NS and the Ohio Central. An OC crew has just brought this NS coal train into the interchange on the G... (more)
A very Dirty GE and a ex-Oakway SD60 head down hill with a loaded coal drag bound for Baltimore, once in Baltimore the coal will be loaded on ship and sent over seas.
A bit of coal dust blows off the NS 862 as it nears Lucasville. The CPL in the background by the Cook Rd grade crossing was replaced two days after this photo was taken.
Rounding the curve, and coming out from US 23, all 4 engines on this long coal train work hard to keep the train up to speed as it heads up the grade.
The NS 862 rolls through the Emerson Rd crossing, as the storm clouds begin to roll in.
The NS 862 rounds the bend and passes by the Scioto County Sheriff's Department, as it heads west through Portsmouth.
"Fresh from the Bakery", NS SD40E 6325 is seen on the rear end of an 862 coal train rolling into downtown Altoona, along with Three sister SD40E's. The 6325 was on its maiden voyage into helper... (more)
Leaving a foggy, hazy Pittsburgh behind 862 rolls east through CP-Herr moving a little faster than the traffic stuck on Rt. 28
Three ATV's ride along the ROW between the CSX and NS tracks, with NS 862 sits waiting for Ohio Central to pick it up and take it east.
Heading down the NS Western Branch to pick up a NS coal train, the Ohio Central helper power passes though the Moler St crossing.
NS 862 heads down the Western Branch past various businesses and some empty hopper cars parked on a siding.
