Pevlar blue paint and the N&W Hamburger Logo adorn the lead unit on NS Train 297, the Norfolk and Western Heritage Unit.

This shade of blue and logo are right at home at 10th Street on the N... (more)

NS Train 297 nears WB Jct. and the BNSF Marceline Sub. at Carrollton for the joint trackage run to CA Jct.

Locomotives: NS 1069, NS 2529

7-25-15
Carrollton, MO

We're 46 miles from where the current crew took charge of NS Train 297 and the VGN unit at Moberly, MO.

Locomotives: NS 1069, NS 2529

7-25-15 De Witt, MO

The Virginian Railway Heritage Unit leads NS Train 297 over the Grand River Bridge on the NS Kansas City District just west of the city of Brunswick.

Locomotives: NS 1069, NS 2529

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After meeting the eastbound 272, NS Train 297 hammers past the Wabash Searchlights still protecting the west end of Bentley Siding on the NS Kansas City District behind the NS VGN Heritage Locomot... (more)

UP 5608 drags NS train 297, uphill into Huntsville, Missouri.

297 running west on Main 1 for a meet with NS 122 at Brunswick.

NS 1069 crosses the Grand River with a straight SD70 and autoracks in tow.

297 heads west from Moberly at the Pea Ridge crossing.

Two Canadian National ES44ACs have 297 well in hand as they crest the hill at Salisbury.

NS 1003 leads 297 into the setting sun just west of Moberly.

Utilizing UP power, NS Train 297 sits at 10th Street in NKC on the NS Kansas City District-BNSF Brookfield Sub. waiting for the release to finish their trip across town to UP Armourdale Yard.

On former Norfolk & Western rails, NS 8103 and NS 7614 leads an auto train west past the Missouri Farmers Association (MFA) elevators in Salisbury, Missouri on Norfolk Southerns Kansas City Distri... (more)

NS's Norfolk & Western heritage unit 8103 makes it's first appearance in Missouri on a Kansas City bound auto train near Moberly, Missouri on Norfolk Southerns Kansas City District. Locomotives in... (more)

A very late running #297 makes a rare daylight appearance at Island Grove, as the sun rises over the frozen tundra of Central Illinois.