SD60M # 6772 leads the 272 out of Payne yard in Fieldale.

An SD60M leads the 272 out of Payne yard in Fieldale Virginia.

FALLEN SENTINELS"
Standing guard for over half a century these Norfolk and Western CPL signals now lay dormant having given way to the newer signals seen approx 100 yards to the n... (more)

One of only a handful NS SD60M's, the 6772 leads a loaded coal train bound for Ocean City, NJ Photo by Shawn A Leightcap

NS 237 at fallis.

The former PRR four-track "Broad Way" is still intact at Ambridge as an eastbound stack train rounds the curve on main one.

A westbound freight on the main passes the location where the Clinch Valley Sub splits off. The road in the foreground is the appoximate old alignment of the tracks and the huge concrete base is ... (more)

Eastbound moving fast.

Westbound NS train 297 comes to the end of double track at Brunswick, MP 187. This train is heading towards Kansas City from Moberly.

I'd only been photographing trains for a few short months when I had the chance to see this and I'm glad I did. Painted black, the track it's running on has been ripped up and the signal that was ... (more)

NS 34N soars over the Sangamon River southwest of Decatur.

After a brief pause at Wood Street to wait on DD23 to clear up, NS 34N is back on the move as it passes thru the beautiful Millikin University campus on the southwest side of Decatur.

Cough, Cough...The lead motor on NS 23G belches out some black smoke as it cruises through Abingdon with an ICE SD40-2 trailing.

Norfolk Southern Train #185 ascends the grade as it approaches Shawsville, VA. Three EMD units (SD60M, SD60, & SD70) in partnership with a GE C40-9W lead the train west this sunny afternoon. Nov... (more)