Norfolk Southern trains #216 & 24Q begin their trips out of Atlanta racing side by side

It was a busy on the wee hours of Monday morning on the south-end of the CNO&TP 2nd District, as NS 178 (Birmingham,AL-Bellevue,OH) has just stop pass the draw bridge on the main 2 track at Tenbri... (more)

NS 216 races north as autumns color peaks along the former CNO&TP.

NS intermodal train 216 accelerates west in golden sunlight after slowing for the sharp curve through Eaton, Ohio, passing the Eaton Holdout signal on the west side of town.

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CSX Z181-25 heads past the ol Hamilton Depot.

Just when you think you've seen it all, a pair of Florida East Coast SD70M-2's lead hotshot intermodal #216 on the approach to Norfolk Southern's Calumet Yard.

FEC In Kentucky?" After spending couple years in Storage the FEC SD70M-2 hits the rails again as lease engines on Norfolk Southern. A pair of them happened to be sole power on the Daily Atlan... (more)

All 1400 feet of NS 216 is sprawled across the Cumberland River Bridge as they depart Burnside after taking 5 and a half hours leaving Chattanooga that morning and making it to Tateville before th... (more)

NS 216 passes CP bridge on the outskirts of Inman Yard at sunset as the crew heads for Whitaker Yard in Austell where their outbound train waits.

I first noticed this train snaking it's way through town and thought, heck, a high priority intermodal with a fairly new locomotive on the point, why not chase it! Though it was hard to get and st... (more)

NS 216 slowly pulls into Whitaker Yard in Austell, GA with the 4001 (DC to AC) engine leading.

NS AC44C6M 4001 "Sonic Bonnet" takes the lead position on Chicago bound train 216 seen shortly after it's departure from the originating point of Inman Yard. 216 will make a pickup at Whitaker Ya... (more)

NS AC44C6M 4001 "Sonic Bonnet" takes the lead position on Chicago bound train 216 and is seen pulling north by CP Cowart in Austell, Georgia thirty minutes prior to it's departure from Whitaker Ya... (more)

NS 216 comes around the bend into Downtown Hiram, GA with the 4001 (DC to AC) unit leading

NS 216 with the 4001 (DC to AC) unit, slowly pulls North out of Rail highway 1 at Whitaker Yard in Austell, GA and a warm summer evening. He will double to Rail Highway 2 and hang the EOT and head... (more)