During our week trip that included Summerail we catch a southbound NS intermodal crossing CSX's former CR main. They will parallel CSX's former C&O Line for about 1/2 mile south then go their own... (more)

Approaching a meet with intermodal #278 this WB mixed freight has nears the signal for the east end of the long siding which is oddly positioned well east of the actual switch. The track makes an... (more)

Short stuff. Awaiting an EB freight this tiny intermodal train can use our short passing siding, a relatively rare event. A good day for me.

After meeting one on this dreary early morning NS 174 (Macon,GA-Elkhart,IN) pick up the pace as they receive a signal to proceed north out of the siding at Davis (MP 53.3). This is the location of... (more)

Norfolk Southern's "Railroader Appreciation" unit awaits its next assignment at the Inman Yard engine terminal in Atlanta.

the fuel rack at Chattanooga Tn

NS 289 overtakes a coal train that is sitting on the siding at Berryville/Audley. The building on the left has since been demolished.

This WB intermodal cruises past the approach signal for both CP Wyndale and CP Abingdon. The new 136# welded rail has been kicked out for installation later in the spring. Wyndale is a CP where ... (more)

A workhorse SD40-2 does some switching of local freight at the Greencastle terminal with an angry sky in the background.

The old reliable glorified local Chattanooga to Roanoke is dragging thru a swag just east of "town". Way in the back is a bit of color, always a welcome sight in the land of what seems ... (more)

NS 25A makes the first set off of trash cars at the idled Greencastle intermodal terminal. 13Z actually is moving on the adjacent track, sneaking up on me. The containers sitting here are i... (more)

NS's OAR train heads north on a nice spring evening past an old farm.

While ultimately a westbound train, 289 heads east on the B-Line through Front Royal's outskirts at Happy Creek with some nice late fall color. In the far left distance Christendom College's new ... (more)

14Z heads north with a former CMQ locomotive as its rear DPU.

NS 1650, originally built July 1974 as NW 1650