NS 179 (Bellevue,OH-Birmingham,AL) is passing Citico Jct. at the end of its long journey south on the CNO&TP South-End. CT-Dispatcher has the manifest lined south to the crew change point at Main St for a swap. The real treat was the early 4000 series SD70ACe’s from the KCS Railway dressed in the classy Southern Belle paint scheme. Foreign power has become quite common as of late on Norfolk Southern. They, and the other class 1’s, have come under major fire and scrutiny by the STB due to the major amount of customer complaints on dwell time cause of the negative affect from PSR. Nevertheless, it’s a win, win deal for companies like KCS as they’re getting paid for power time.
A continuously growing album of photos that IMHO reveal the awesome and seldom-seen beauty of the railroad world from the dimming of day to dawn's early light! From dusk to dawn, trains roll on! (I'm still finding gems of sunset-to-sunrise surprises!)