De-Evolution Series: The ES40DC engines (upgraded to ES44DC between 2013 & 2014) were the first "Evolution Series" locomotives purchased by Norfolk Southern beginning in 2004. They have bee... (more)

NS 212 blasts through downtown Kannapolis on a cold, snowy, Carolina winter day. With NS 8025, in it's 'Monongahela' scheme, leading the charge

With the thermometer reading a temperature of 29°F on a bright and clear Sunday morning, the crew of hotshot train 212 wastes no time getting their 59-car train up the slight grade just north of ... (more)

On Halloween 2020, NS 212 charges east on the Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line to Croxton, NJ. Behind the leader are NS 8014 (ES44AC) and NS 9964 (C44-9W).

As blue hour sets in on a cold and snowy December evening, the remnants of the winter storm from the day before hang on to the rails and trees as a hot 212 hustles north towards Hagerstown and eve... (more)

With the final bit of light fading away into the darkness, NS 212 gets silhouetted by the fading light over the James River as they hustle north on a cold windy evening.

A tattered Penn Central heritage unit leads NS 212 east through CP Bound Brook on the Lehigh Line.

As the sun starts to set on a breezy and warm September evening, the first 212 north of Greensboro in a couple days due to Hurricane Ira flooding the north east hustles north with a few days worth... (more)

SD80MAC: For a brief period before their retirement from the roster, the Norfolk Southern SD80MACs returned to mainline service. Behind the leader are NS 9464 (C44-9W) and NS 8009 (ES44AC).... (more)

With the three AC44’s notched out with the hottest UPS train on the Piedmont Division, 212 smokes through the S Curves at Jamestown on the way north.

NS 1801 leans into the reverse curve at New Market with 212 in tow.

As the golden hour arrives in the James River valley, and the Blue Ridge mountains loom off in the back ground, 212 hustles north across the Southern built James River Trestle on their way north t... (more)

Mid-Spring Morning: NS 212 breaks the morning silence in Manville. Behind the leader are NS 1022 (SD70ACe) and NS 4061 (AC44C6M; rebuilt from standard cab C40-9 NS 8865 in June of 2017).

The original Norfolk Southern heritage unit lead NS 212 past hordes of adoring fans who turned out in droves along the Lehigh Line from Phillipsburg to Piscataway on this bright Sunday morning.