As the sun being to set, casting crazy looking shadows, NS 212 highballs through downtown Kannapolis a few hours behind schedule. A couple seconds after I snapped this shot I turned around to see ... (more)

NS 212 (Atlanta-Croxton).

Rebuilt from NS 8867.

With storms brewing off in the distance, the sun starts to set to the west as a fresh UP C44ACM leads the daily UPS hotshot north towards Lynchburg and eventually New Jersey.

American Flags on the Reading: On Independence Day 2022, NS 212, with two UP engines, heads east on the Norfolk Southern Reading Line. Behind the leader are UP 4041 (SD70M) and NS 9937 (C44... (more)

NS 212 heads east on Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line Track #2 with three different versions of the GEVO locomotive: a DC leading (the 1st such type NS purchased), an AC (the 2nd type purchased), and ... (more)

NS 212 takes Track 1 (the slow track) at Manville from CP Sully to allow NS 21M to pass. The leader's heritage unit paint scheme continues to look more and more weathered as the years go on. Behin... (more)

Valley on Valley: The Lehigh Valley Heritage Unit is on home rails as it charges east with NS 212. Behind the leader are NS 9634 (C44-9W) and NS 3622 (ET44AC).

NS 212 is nearing the end of its long journey from Atlanta, GA and is seen here with a trio of C44-9W locomotives on Conrail Lehigh Line Track #2. Behind the leader are NS 9696 and NS 9536.

One of the NS commemorative DC to AC units leads 212 over the Lehigh Valley Raiload bridge. The open area on the left is where the historic Romerovski building once stood. It was demolished in lat... (more)

On a hot July day an EastBound sails downgrade into THE DITCH on the ex Southern Mainline through Downtown Gastonia. Tracks were originally up at street level. In about a half a mile she will clim... (more)

De-Evolution Series: The ES40DC engines (upgraded to ES44DC between 2013 & 2014) were the first "Evolution Series" locomotives purchased by Norfolk Southern beginning in 2004. They have bee... (more)

NS 212 blasts through downtown Kannapolis on a cold, snowy, Carolina winter day. With NS 8025, in it's 'Monongahela' scheme, leading the charge

With the thermometer reading a temperature of 29°F on a bright and clear Sunday morning, the crew of hotshot train 212 wastes no time getting their 59-car train up the slight grade just north of ... (more)

On Halloween 2020, NS 212 charges east on the Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line to Croxton, NJ. Behind the leader are NS 8014 (ES44AC) and NS 9964 (C44-9W).