Once a common practice on the Southern Railway, a Norfolk Southern EMD locomotive leads a work train running long hood forward (LHF).
Power off 66Z sits on the Linden branch next to Conrail's Linden yard. From here they will be shoved back to Phillips 66 refinery to pull out the empty oil cars and then return back.
In the past year the NS signal gang has replaced the old ex-NYC signal bridge here at Sandusky when they updated the connection tracks for traffic to go south here off the Chicago mainline south t... (more)
35N departs Decatur on Main 2 as #302's rear end disappears round the curve on Main 1. NS dispatchers call this "meeting one on the double".
NS 35N sporting a nice Norfolk Southern and BNSF consist today heads south on October 1, 2011. 35N is a Conway, Pa.,-Venice, Ill., Terminal Railroad Association (TRRA) Madison Yard manifest.
Eastbound intermodal train 26T eases though Altoona with a pair of SD70M-2s for power.
The trailing SD70M on NS 22A belches some smokes as it starts up. Meanwhile, mechanical forces tend to radio issues on the NS 6105 on the right.
After shooting the Penn State Football game today against Kent State (24-0 Penn State win), I lucked out and crossed paths with an Eastbound intermodal at CP Cannon. Made for a nice ending to a be... (more)
Three EMD SD70M-2's help kick up some snow from last night's snowfall.
NS 111 goes in the hole and prepares to be passed by NS 15T
Early morning sunlight catches a container train on the drawbridge
Two new consecutively numbered SD70Ms lead this stack train eastward under the signal bridge and through the sweeping curve at South Fork. The train came be seen through the trees to the right of ... (more)
