An increasingly rare C40-9 standard cab leads 217 Westbound out of Mingo Tunnel in Williamson. Due to the AC44C6M rebuild program, the number of C40-9's in active service is quickly decreasing.
On a beautiful November morning, hotshot No. 217 accelerates westbound on the former Nickel Plate Road with Norfolk Southern's Illinois Terminal Heritage locomotive leading. The train is passing a... (more)
The only westbound in a sea of eastbounds on this gorgeous September afternoon, hotshot intermodal 217 is crawling upgrade across the infamous Coopers Trestle on the NS Pocahontas Division. As so... (more)