Hints of the Southern. The daily 12R run from Columbia suffered some mechanical issues and reversed into the yard to clear those up, with the head end waiting here near a remnant Southern ... (more)

I think that fellow taking pictures was me. And it's cold as a westbound string of empty hoppers make their way out of the gloom. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

NS 227 (Norfolk, VA - Harrisburg, PA)

NS 8038 and NS 8125 brings train 229 east over the NS - CSX Crawford diamond as it heads for the NS Simpson yard in to Jacksonville.

Who has more horsepower? A jet engine snowblower sits next to some idling power waiting for a coal train to come off of the RJ Corman. The jet engine snowblower is used in the Altoona to Johnstown... (more)

A pair of ES44ACs await their next assignment on 5 West in Cresson, PA.

With two ES44ACs for power, NS 651 rolls down the West Slope toward its destination of South Fork, PA. From there the empty coal train will be placed in the yard to be reloaded and the ACs will co... (more)

Take what you can get

Rumors had been circulating for months as Norfolk Southern has been looking to trim unused rail lines due to a fatally ill coal market. As such, the northern ... (more)

This is another one of those ECP Brake Trains (Electric Contolled Pneumatic) it is tied down at grave just outside of Norton. As a general rule of thumb the ECP trains load at Wents just North of ... (more)

After picking up a unit in the yard, NS 8038 ties back onto its train at Portage Junction.

A loaded coal train grinds upgrade into Bluefield with 2 pairs of AC power. On the back of this coal train is 2 manned helper SD70Ace's. The train will pull into Bluefield Yard and get some fuel a... (more)

With another load of coal for Belews Creek Steam Station, the NS 756 heads south through Mayodan.

The NS 756 heads south through the town of Madison on the way to Belews Creek Steam Station.