NS 8009 leads westbound symbol ZAILA at El Casco.

NS 8009 crosses the Missouri River on the old Wabash bridge at St. Charles, Missouri. This bridge is lengthy at 2900 feet.

NS train 746 rolls over the high trestle at Compton.

Coal trains have recently found their way back to the NS H-Line. NS 8009 sits in the siding at Stonewall waiting for it's next move.

NS 15T enters approaches the yard office in Shenandoah, VA on warm winter morning.

Extra power runs west.

NS 8009 blasts out of Big Four with 8700 horses roaring out of the exhausts.

Westbound autorack train 29W splits the CPL's at Ingleside. The replacements are on their way up here, as with several other areas on the East side of Bluefield.

Still guided at the moment by the NW CPL's, the NS 233 rolls under both the new and the old cantilever signal, soon the code line, and the CPL's will all be history.

In the very late evening, the NS 233 heads west on the NS Columbus district, paralleling US 23, where the Highway Patrol educates a motorist that the speed limit is not optional.

Empty oil cans roll past the large coal fired power plant in Alma, WI. This is the first trip through this area for the Southern heritage unit.

On a blistering hot but otherwise beautiful late Spring evening, NS train 65R-30 leans into the sweeping curve as it heads west through Mexico, PA (PT 148) on the NS Pittsburgh Line with NS 8009 a... (more)

A dusty ES44AC and a clean ES40DC running elephant style provide the power for a long grain train, heading west by Tarlton Rd.