An empty rock train thunders up grade in Shawsville, Va with a dash 9 on point.
NS 778 blasts through Cooke Road heading South going towards a mine in West Virginia for another load.
NS 51Q having just cleared track 1 at CP Yonah, continues its track Southward as it nears the town of Lula, GA on a calm mild early Spring afternoon.
NS 233 is second in the parade today. It is usually first but not today for some reason. It's not from a lack of power as one can see.
Pushers lend a little hand to get this mixed freight up the infamous Elkhorn Grade and through Elkhorn Tunnel.
After pushing a coal drag through Elkhorn Tunnel, this lone pusher returns solo to do it all over again.
Westbound NS #112 motors through the small town of Posey, IL. A nice UP 5429, supporting the American Flag, helps out as the fourth unit.
Another coal train for the Conemaugh crosses over at CP Penn. Note how rusty the two tracks at left are.
The bridge over the Potomac River looks more like a highway as the James E Strates Circus train heads south with its vehicles.
James E Strates Circus train crosses the Potomac River southbound on its way from New York to its next appearance in Danville, Virginia.
Southbound At Herndon , Waiting to Be Recrewed
Westbound 25K scoots around 11A as they pass the signal at MP 318 and approach Greensburg
Southbound NS power on the CNIC
Built between 1984 and 1988 from retired GP9s and GP18s, NS's 28 RP-E4Ds are very unusual slugs. When rebuilt, the units retained their original dynamic brake equipment, including dynamic brake bl... (more)