A rebuilt GP50 rolls west taking a work train back to Bristol. These signals were short-lived, falling in 2017, replaced by PTC compatibles.

Once pulling the hottest trains on the Southern system, these consecutively-numbered NS GP38-3s are both former high hood GP50s built in 1980 and are now in local service. On its return trip from ... (more)

Look, Listen and Live

Norfolk Southern hosted an operation lifesaver special out of Manville for local authorities and railroad personnel alike to join and learn about railroad... (more)

NS #5826 waits for some CSX traffic to clear up on the Griffin District after working the telephone pole industry

In Cadillac Ranch, Bruce Springsteen sings of Junior Johnson "runnin' through the woods of Caroline." There were no Cadillacs in sight on this picture-perfect fall day, but the line was running th... (more)

NS 5826 leads a three car Operation Lifesaver Special eastbound. The train departed Manville via the Lehigh Line and, after a brief stop at Conrail's Oak Island Yard for lunch, returned to Manvil... (more)

Normally used as power on track geometry trains, nicely painted NS 5826 holds on a signal after spotting cars at Tate & Lyle.

OLS 955-02 heads east on the Frankfort District bound for NS East Yard in Muncie to wye their train and head back west for there return trip back to Frankfort.

Westbound OLS engine leading westbound OLS train in morning light.

The NS Operation Lifesaver train is rolling back into Toledo on its final leg of the day's trip after departing in the morning and running to Bellevue, OH. It's about to cross the Maumee river an... (more)

OCS with an OLS. Operation Lifesaver adorned GP38-3 5826 and high hood SD40 1621 lead a pair of office cars east through Johnstown. In the background the giant flag at the top of the inclined plan... (more)

Dropping back to Enola a couple days later, I found that the Operation Lifesaver OCS was still there, so I took out my trusty tripod and had a go at it... note how shiny both the locomotive and ca... (more)

An Operation Lifesaver OCS train is parked at the south end of Enola... I must say the OL paint scheme looks pretty good on the rebuilt GP50...

NS Operation Life Saver Special coming down off the south end of the Canadian Pacific D&H Sunbury Sub. Approaching CP Kase on the NS Buffalo Line.