The NYC heritage unit leads NS 126 east through control point Singer in Wabun, VA.

The NYC heritage unit leads NS 126 east through Shawsville, VA.

Radford Runs: NS 8102 leads manifest train NS 126 eastbound out of the yard in Radford, Virginia, along the NS Pulaski District, as it passes NS 8025 leading intermodal train NS 278.

A pan shot of the conrail heritage unit shows it speeding by the “big tree” in Elliston, VA with manifest NS 126.

NS 126 drifts downgrade through Shawsville with Conrail on point.

The Conrail heritage unit is looking quite clean as it leads NS 126 east at control point Montgomery.

Snow falls hard as NS 126 fights up Charleston grade in Christiansburg, VA.

Manifest 126 slowly makes its way into Radford hard at sunset.

A UP AC4400CW serves as rear DPU on NS 126 as it rumbles east through Dublin, VA.

A pair of H1 BNSF units provide the power for NS 126 as it rushes east through Shawsville after nightfall.

Seen from a railfan platform built by Virginia Tech students, NS 126 crosses over the New River just before Radford yard where it will have a 15 car pick up.

NS 126 makes its way east through Wytheville, VA with a BNSF EMD SD70MACe leader.

BNSF 9730 leads NS 126 through the signal at Crockett in Crockett, VA along the Pulaski district.

NS 126 heads east on the Pulaski district with a BNSF SD70MACe in charge.

NS 126 glides downgrade at Shawsville, VA. The rare leader of this train is a BNSF SD70MAC.