The engineer on southbound NS train 143 has an impressive display of power in the wind as the consist speeds through the central Kentucky tobacco farms just north of Lexington.
CSX 7824, NS 9869 & HLCX 6315 struggle hard near the summit of Crooked Hill with 112 cars of mixed freight. Trailing HLCX 6315 is listed as ex-CP 5522, an SD40.
The tracks belong to CSX but the power is anything but as two UP units and a trailing NS locomotive bring the S541 into Corbin for a much needed crew change. The crew is 30 minutes from going on ... (more)