8098 isn't the only Norfolk Southern locomotive painted in Conrail paint! Nicknamed "The Bug" by Enola Yard's crews, this homebuilt locomotive shuttle was constructed by Conrail to move po... (more)
Just minutes after the sun lit the tracks, 20G runs south on the NS Mon Line while loaded coal train 582 runs north as the last of the fall colors are at peak on Mount Washington. I'd never actual... (more)
Amtrak's eastbound Cardinal, train no. 50, arrives for a flagstop at Thurmond, West Virginia, in the heart of the New River Gorge.
On October 17, 1971, a train derailed in front of another at Hackberry on Santa Fe's Albuquerque Division, Kingman Dsitrict. Five 4-axle locomotives on train 308 were derailed and some tumbled dow... (more)
An eastbound coal train is stopped on the Rocky siding and stretches west into the Little Ten Curve. In the background a Union Pacific freight train has completed the Big Ten Curves and continues ... (more)
Reading Lines 1067, Norfolk Southern's twelfth heritage unit, basks in the sunshine outside the shop in Muncie. For more information, visit more)
Trackside Treasure: Portage Flyer passengers focus their attention on the train as they stretch their legs on the station platform in the background while we focus ours on this odd little h... (more)
While waiting for a photo of Amtrak 799, I was pleasantly surprised to catch a southbound UP freight. Ironically, in the summer months when the sun is right for this shot, morning fog is very com... (more)
Two of the units from the derailment on 8/26 in San Timoteo Cyn in Redlands are now set to become scrap. These engines were part of a lightpower move that became a runaway train. The crew survived... (more)
The dense, cold fog still hangs on through most of the morning in Pittsburgh, including here in West Park. Oddly enough, at just a mile or so south there was nothing but blue skies and full sun. ... (more)
KCS 1 leads the I-LRAT through Kudzu Valley. What a sight to see F units pulling an intermodal train. She sure is a beauty.
We waited for three hours on this hillside overlooking Shed 10 on Donner Pass before any trains arrived.
Without the mail contract, the metropolitan became a skinny train with lots of horsepower. The E unit provides steam heat. Click He... (more)
Can see bridge support leaning about 30 degrees +. CSXT locomotive hangs by a thread as only rails support loaded Centerflow. Notice bravest guys I've seen working under car only supported by rai... (more)
Interstate 8105, Norfolk Southern's seventh heritage unit, rests outside the paint shop in Chattanooga. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. For more information, visit ... (more)