NS 197 hustles east on the New Castle District, pasing a small town cemetery in the community of Somerville.

The power of NS 197 is making a shove move pass the northwest derail heading toward the Diesel Shop lead at Debutts Yard. A BNSF Fake Bonnet is the head motor of this power move, ... (more)

For the second time in a week, NS 197 had SOO power. Today's lashup featured SOO 6061, the last operating SD60M on the roster. After waiting on a local to cross from 2 to 1 at MIKE, NS 197 throttl... (more)

For the second time in a week, NS 197 had SOO power. Today's lashup featured SOO 6061, the last operating SD60M on the roster. The crew has just finished building their train, and will begin the m... (more)

Getting ready to take the curve at Back Valley RD. is NS 197 (Fort Wayne, IN-Chattanooga, TN). Today NS 197 had NS 1072 the Illinois Terminal Heritage unit at the lead.

A southbound cruises right along paralleling U.S. Highway 27 on its way to Chattanooga. Two brand new Ferrosur EMDs spice up the consist, headed to Memphis after they arrive in Chattanooga to be s... (more)

An ex-BNSF SD75M leads 197 south at Bowen,KY on a sunny April morning. Also included in the colorful lashup is a BNSF "pumpkin", the Illinois Terminal Heritage unit and an HLCX SD40-2 du... (more)

A dirty and faded EMD Ex- Santa Fe Warbonnet leads two BNSF GE's southbound on the CNO&TP heading to Chattanooga.

BNSF 226, an 18 year old and recently reactivated SD75M, leads NS 197 down the 1st District of the CNO&TP on a cool summer afternoon

The NYC Heritage Unit leads NS train 197 out of East Wayne Yard in Suburban Fort Wayne, Indiana. The train is coming off of the old NKP Main and onto the "Snake Track" which connects with the ex ... (more)

A southbound NS mixed freights comes off the CNOTP into Chattanooga on a grand structure over the Tennessee River.

A pair of Canadian National GEs bring southbound NS train 197 around the elevated curve and under the signal bridge at McCoy as a 'new' NS SD40-2 sits tied down on a work train in the foreground. ... (more)

Southern Railway heritage unit #8099 enters Debutts Yard on the point of train 197 (Fort Wayne, IN - Chattanooga, TN) on a muggy July evening. A Scherer bound coal train can be seen leaving the ya... (more)

NS' Southern Railway heritage engine #8099 leads southbound freight #197 under the classic signal bridge at CP Pemberton just south of Oneida, TN on a rainy summer afternoon.

The Southern heritage unit blows by the doomed Southern Railway searchlights at Rockwood before a mid-summer downpour.