NS 17Z rolls through Memphis, along the Poplar Avenue corridor, with SD70M units UP 4331 & 5042 on point. The train will exchange to the Union Pacific at Tower 17 downtown and become the MSFNL.

UP's Lathrop to Los Angeles intermodel is about to enter tunnel #2 in the Tehachapi Mountains.

A matched pair of SD70M’s lead a westbound down the pass at MP 70.

I had planned for a more dramatic shot when I heard the train coming out of the siding at James. However, with 13 lucky cars there isn't much to stretch out on the curve.

13T awaits a new crew just north of Allentown Yard on the Lehigh Line. In the consist is brand new NJT PL42AC #4011, fresh from Alstom in Hornell, NY.

ALDBH-03 patiently awaits for 3 southbounds on the UP Chester Sub