NS SD80MAC 7213, one of eight not in storage at the moment, takes it easy in Dwight after loading grain. Recently, NS announced that 21 of the 80MAC's were headed for storage.

A pair of Norfolk Southern EMD's are giving it their all as they pull a heavy loaded coal train up the west slope of the Alleghenies as the setting sun illuminates plumes of smoke and glints off t... (more)

NS 7214, an SD80MAC, leads the IAIS SIPE across the Colona interlocking

The last day of operation for the PRR position light signals was the weekend of June 8th, 2019; as crews quickly worked their way across the NS Pittsburgh Line. On Saturday evening, a loaded stone... (more)

What a great catch to celebrate tax day, with an SD80MAC leading a Southbound freight through the quiet community of Seney on a beautiful Spring day in North Georgia.

After holding for two eastbounds that had to cross over from track 2 to 1, NS H68 yards it out to get their 130+ car train moving over the hill. A former Conrail SD80MAC leads the charge into the ... (more)

NS 51W rumbles west into Shawsville, Va with a rare SD80MAC leader. Most 80MAC's are up in the Altoona, Pa area, only a hand full make it out of that area.

Clean Up, Track 3...

At 8:40 PM on the evening of July 5, 2019, westbound manifest 34A derailed the first 11 cars as it entered the main arc of Horseshoe Curve. The three locomotives... (more)

As the crew of the stone train ties down on track 4 at South Fork PA, a mixed freight glides down grade. The PRR signal in this shot would be removed less that 48 hours later, and this was the las... (more)

After bringing in a unit train of GrainsConnect cars (some seen at left), the power of CN 596 (NS 7219, NS 4028 & NS 9568) is stopped, awaiting the okay to leave the Port of Montreal light power. ... (more)

Big Mac. With only 30 ever produced, the SD80MAC is a rare model, even more so in Canada. Here an ex-CSX SD80MAC (NS 7219) leads a light power move out of the Port of Montreal after CN 596 ... (more)

Shot with K25 film from the Castleton Berkshire Spur Thruway Bridge on a beautiful July morning.

A duo of SD80macs back their train (which is lead by two more 80s) into the track 4 siding at South Fork PA; while a NS hotshot intermodal whizzes by on track 3.

A loaded coal train passes under the ex-Pennsylvania Railroad position signals at Summerhill. The train entered the main line from the mine just east of Portage and is making a short westbound das... (more)

One of those rare cases where the planets all allign up for a magical shot. Check; two now rarely seen matched pair of consecutively numbered SD80MACs returning for an unusual run over their form... (more)