Headed for the barn in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a short stay in Roanoke, Virginia, one half of the NS F-unit fleet takes the siding at Berryville, Virginia, to meet intermodal 228.
The Augusta bound Norfolk Southern OCS crosses the Potomac River as a spring storm rolls in.
The special is in siding waiting for west-bound 722 unit empty coal hoppers to come by. Then it will get on up to Roanoke to be part of Train Day on Saturday.
The Derby Special arrives at Louisville! Seen here entering the east end of Youngtown Yard.
The Derby Special heads west through Lawrenceburg early in the morning.
In a deadhead move to the Kentucky Derby, Norfolk Southern's office car train makes its way west on the Fort Wayne Line just before the clouds rolled in for good. Special thanks to Railroad: Norfolk SouthernLocomotive: EMD F9(A)Location: East of Lucas, Ohio, USALocomotive #: NS 4271Train ID: NS 955Photo Date: April 24, 2009
After chasing from Mansfield - Crestline - Bucyrus all in clouds we finally got lucky with the last light of the day at 7:30 PM as the OCS run down to the Kentucky Derby headed towards Columbus.
After lenghty delays in the Pittsburgh area, The Kentucky Derby Special is finally in Ohio, seen here taking the signal at 134.6 on the Fort Wayne Line, it's nice to see some green starting to app... (more)
The NS Office Car Special heads towards the Kentucky Derby. Good luck to all of the fans out west!
Kentucky Derby OCS climbs the hill just west of CP WOOD approaching the PA/OH state line. Many thanks to Aaron O'Hern, Tom Granville, and the "BMan" for the many reports of 955's position!
STREET RUNNING AT ITS BEST! NS 955, the 2009 Master's Office Car Special, finally arrives to it's destination of Augusta, Georgia. He's now proceeding down the middle of 6th Street as he ma... (more)
The NS OCS is about to cross the Mason Dixon Line into Maryland as it heads south to the 2009 Masters Golf Tournament as some cows look on.
NS and KCS F-units are staged for the Meridian Railfest Night Photo shoot.
John Ryan and Tom Granville frame the NS OCS train while it lays over for the evening between trips to Brownsville and Schelocta.
