The Last. Unbeknownst to me this locomotive NS 8806 would be the one of the last if not the last NS C40-9 that I would end up shooting before they all faced the same fate. rebuild. Progress is wha... (more)

An NS C40-9 leads westbound auto train 287 as it takes the siding at Lake View and prepares to meet an eastbound.

Locomotives:
NS 8806 C40-9
NS 4044 AC44C6M

After meeting eastbound 206, NS train 287 comes out of the siding at Evans, NY and heads west.

Locomotives:
NS 8806 C40-9
NS 4044 AC44C6M

NS auto train 287 departs Buffalo and heads towards CP DRAW with a C40-9 in the lead.

Locomotives:
NS 8806 C40-9
NS 4044 AC44C6M

Norfolk Southern trains 287 and 206 meet at CP Evans in Derby, NY on the Lake Erie District. Led by C40-9 8806, train 287 took the siding.

Locomotives:
287:
NS 8806 C40-9
NS 4044 ... (more)

One of the few remaining C40-9's on the NS roster leads westbound auto train 287 as it takes the siding at the Lake View CP and slows for a meet with eastbound train 206.

Locomotives:
N... (more)

One of the few remaining standard cab Dash 9's leads westbound auto train 287 as it heads west from Buffalo, passing code line poles near Bayview Road. Ironically, the trailing unit is an AC44C6M ... (more)

A then one-year old C40-9 leads a southbound grain train down the Rathole, just below Tateville.

Westbound NS 145 meets a waiting WE 304 as a storm moves east out of the area.

337 rolls through Kannapolis with an unusual set of "tophats" for power.

P30 prepares to couple to their train and leave town.

Eastbound U25 races a car through downtown Davy, WV. Moving at full track speed of 45 mph ( and maybe a touch more), my bet is on the coal train to finish in the money.