During the transition to NS

NS 2426 has just pushed the NS 1634 out of the paint shop.

Just another day in paradise as a yard job goes about its business in Norris Yard. Thanks to the Southern Railway Historical Association and NS for allowing us to tour their yard.

a pair of TASD switchers led by the "City of Dothan" lead a transfer run during a heavy downpour on a Sunday afternoon

Next-to-last type of "butt head" switchers purchased by SP. I always thought they were more attractive than the too-long ACs but there were only 12. Not the famous fog lingering on the hills.

The engineer on the left of the picture shoves a cut of cars into the West Departure tracks at Norfolk Southern's Norris Yard on a very rainy day. Thanks to the Southern Railway Historical Associ... (more)

After delivering steel slabs to U.S. Steel's Irvin Plant, URR 18 leads a coil steel train out of the Dravosburg tunnel on it's way back to the Duquesne yard.

NS TC07 idles away near the Third Street bridge next to a line of stored HLCX SD40-2s. Thanks to Mike Ray for the directions to the Third Street area.

NORTH BESSEMER NEIGHBORS - URR and B&LE power sits outside the Union's Hall Shops.

Overview of Southern's Linwood Yard in August 1980.

A Union RR slab train heads up the ramp to US Steel's Irvin Plant as it diverges from the Clairton Branch at CH.

A Benicia yard job with an ex-SP MP15DC switches out the Biagi Brothers warehouse in Benicia. Biagi imports Mexican beer and judging by all the box cars business is good!

Its uncommon to find trackage this complex anywhere nowadays, let alone on an all switcher shortline! The Coke train is always wyed at J Interlocking to allow the units to push into USS Edgar Thom... (more)

Just about every paint scheme on the Union is represented on today's Coke train, even a new "Accidents Just Don't Happen" decal on 17.