97z "Herzog loads" getting ready to work the Shelton Rock Quarry but before that would happen the engines would go light to Dundee yard to fill the locomotives up with water.
Empty Herzog ballast train 97Z cruises past Norfolk Southern's Pomona Yard in Greensboro, NC on a sunny but chilly December 19, 2022 morning.
Amid beautiful colors, the Interstate heritage unit shoves hard on the rear of NS train 97Z as it enters Elkhorn Tunnel.
NS 97Z with a lone Dash 9 awaits it's next assignment with a string of MOW dump cars.
NS 97Z rail train enters the yard on the siding in preparation to run around the train and head back East.
Building up air prior to departure
Ballast train leaving siding eastbound
Heading east to work site in light fog
Backhoe is loading excess ballast and asphalt materials onto maintenance train.
Maintenance train returning to yards in Bristol
Maintenance train on siding waiting for NS 202 to pass
WB train dropping ballast, minor resurfacing,unusual #, tied up in Bristol
Work train for Asheville District
