A crossing signal blinks as an eastbound NS grain train approaches in the background.
A merchandise train heads East on the NS Reading Line. Units were NS 9922 and NS 9756.
179 rolling hard through Tateville
Light engine move from Valley to Arden yards with additional crewmembers riding in style
After dropping off its 43-car crushed rock load, NS 9720 runs light with its dead rent-a-wreck to the west end of Kirkland to pick up a UP SD70M from a waiting BNSF Z-train.
After struggling a bit leaving Acme, westbound NS 9720 picks up speed as it glides downhill toward Kirkland to pick up a waiting UP unit to help it on its way.
NS 12R wades through the pea-soup fog at Airport Rd. in Shippensburg. Canon EOS Digital Rebel 70-200mm F/4L lens. 13" @ F/4. I'm not sure when or if these signals will be cut in.
NS-179 is about to break the afternoon silence in Enon.
A little over 4 hours into clean the up process and in 20 more this Hulcher crew & NS personal had cleaned up and restored traffic and was gone after a 15 car derailment on 12-12-03