Norfolk Southern #8100 sits outside the round house on the grounds of the North Carolina Transportation Museum on the 4th of July 2012. It was one of the hottest days I can remember and it did not... (more)

N&W Squared: NS 8103, the N&W unit, sits in the siding at CP Arcadia, located about 30 miles north of Roanoke, as it waits for northbound train NS 12Z to roll through. Of note, the N&W is on its ... (more)

NS 8099, the Southern Heritage Unit, leads train 315 through the wildfire smoke haze and across the Nickel Plate Bridge in Vermilion, Ohio. Engineer Danny Whitt can be seen waving from the train, ... (more)

NS 1068, the Erie heritage unit, pauses at the River Forest, IL Metra platform with intermodal transfer IG1G2R, while an outbound scoot rushes in.

NS 12Z breaks the silence in the lower Shenandoah valley as it clears CP Lithia with the still clean looking Southern Heritage unit making an appearance. The switch is still guarded by the old N&... (more)

NS 310 Snakes thru the Canisteo River Valley

NS 18M drops downgrade in a gloomy late June afternoon. The brilliant colors of the original Norfolk Southern heritage unit contrasted nicely with the fog and rain.

The NS 35N, led by the Monongahela Heritage Unit, heads west across the Vermilion River in Vermilion Ohio.

The original Norfolk Southern heritage unit barrels through the frigid snowy landscape of CP 379 in Kendallville, where the GR&I once crossed. If I had waited another 5 seconds to shoot this train... (more)

The Interstate heritage unit leads an auto train west on the Glidden Sub

The Southern heritage unit leads manifest NS 12Z north on the Roanoke district by one of the surviving CPL’s along the line. NS is in the process of slowly replacing these.

With the shiny Southern heritage unit in the lead, NS 12Z passes by the CPL in Cloverdale Va on the Roanoke district.

Lilly Lust NS 1065, the S&A Heritage Unit, lusts up the grade on the west slope of the Pittsburgh line through Lilly, PA, as the heavy manifest train behind heads toward the yard in Altoona.

South Fork Savannah: NS 1065 leads manifest 10G up the hill and around the bend in South Fork, PA, located 10 miles east of Johnstown.

The Southern heritage unit leads train 12Z through Arcadia, VA on a warm summer morning. The green of the engine blends pleasantly with the rolling hills of the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia.