On what ended up being their final trip to Augusta for The Masters, the NS OCS has arrived at 6th St. in Augusta to take the train to be parked for a week of golf and entertainment.

NS 956 (OCS) heads south through Ridge Spring on its way to the Masters Golf Tournament

Making the Turn. The NS OCS train passes through Five Points in Columbia, SC, on its way to the Masters in Augusta, GA.

The renumbered and repainted NS F9 A-B-B-A set made an appearance in the St. Louis area shortly before they were retired. Departure towards Louisville via the Southern West District was at sunris... (more)

The last time I saw the NS F's pulling the office car special, and one of the last times they ran around Horseshoe Curve: August 2, 2019, train 955 returning to Juniata Shop in Altoona after an in... (more)

In what was probably my greatest stroke of luck photography wise, I was able to catch Norfolk Southern's F Units leading a PTC test train around Horseshoe Curve not long before they were sold off ... (more)

Only a few days into my first semester in college, I bustled over to Decatur after class to meet up with a friend of mine. Norfolk Southern's OCS train was enroute to Decatur, heading back east to... (more)

The Norfolk Southern Executive Train makes its way across the western leg of Horseshoe Curve behind the four F-Units that were the standard power on the train. Unknown at the time, this deadhead m... (more)

Last Masters. On their last time leading the OCS to the Masters at Augusta, the NS F-Units run south down the Southern's R-Line just past the small town of Johnston, SC.

NS OCS heads east

NS 270 EMD F7 throttles up with its 3 other EMD F7 mates shortly after sunset pulling an eastbound OCS train 6 miles east of Logansport, IN.

NS 955 Office Car Special slows through Downtown Altoona on it's way back from a visit to the Midwest US.

The NS business train returns to its home in Altoona, PA, as it ironically passes the Altoona Amtrak platform.

NS local C90 comes around the Horseshoe Curve with the 4 NS executive F units and one business car in tow. The local operated as a test train of the F units between Altoona and Johnstown and retur... (more)

With low hanging clouds and fog still overtaking the tracks on the west slope, the Office Car Special races uphill towards Altoona shortly before 7am. The train is coming back from a week long tri... (more)