NS 165 crosses the Holston River after a quick crew change at the state line in Bristol.

On a chilly Sunday morning, Norfolk Southern's mixed freight 165 climbs the steep grade at "Schuleen" and continues west on the Pulaski District.

Spring is in the air in western North Carolina as the Southern returns to home rails and leads westbound 165 across the River line at Nocona.

NS 165 flies across the BL line as they are westbound and down. Just shortly after, a loaded Q44 coal train will pass under, bound for Asheville, NC.

On a beautiful hot July afternoon in Marion, the NS 165 rolls west by the EB Marion CPL making its maiden trek across the Pulaski District bound for Chattanooga Tennessee. This manifest has now be... (more)

NS 165 at the former Southern Railway depot in Morganton

NS 165 with the Interstate heritage unit on the point is near the end of its westbound run to Knoxville, TN as it crosses the trestle in Strawberry Plains.

NS 165 with the Interstate heritage unit on the point rolls into Newport, TN.

With an overnight frost visible on the tops of the Smoky Mountains, NS 165 with the Interstate Railroad heritage unit on the head rolls along the French Broad River towards the Tennessee Valley in... (more)

The Interstate heritage unit makes its first trek across the Asheville District leading westbound manifest train 165 through the signals at "Big Creek" in Del Rio, TN on a crystal clear ... (more)

After joining the A Line at Morristown, Norfolk Southern's Interstate Heritage Unit curves through downtown Jefferson City, Tennessee in beautiful afternoon line on the final leg of it's run west ... (more)

On a crystal clear afternoon on the River Line, Norfolk Southern's Interstate Heritage Unit breaks the silence in the community of Leadvale, Tennessee as it crosses Douglas Lake enroute to Knoxvil... (more)

On a about as beautiful a day as one could ever ask for, NS 165 rolls along a field under Carolina Blue skies

Recent maintenance on the S-Line had trains running several hours behind schedule, and trains that normally ran through at night got a rare daylight run up the "Loops". Here NS 165 soars... (more)

NS 165 makes it's way over the old Southern Railway loops from Old Fort, NC to Ridgecrest, NC on the S-line. Seen here exiting Lick Log Tunnel just before going through McElroy Tunnel.