Shortly after 9:30 am, NS P23 runs south through a field just north of the small town of Bear Poplar NC. Leading this train is NS 5642, which as been stuck on this local for a couple of weeks now.
A short P23 makes it's way through Mt. Ulla in the midst of Hurricane Helene's downpour. The thick clouds in the sky cause for a dark creepy landscape.
An extra long P23 slowly snakes through the curves of the O line as it returns to Barber NC from Mooresville. Pacing along side HWY 801, the train peeks out from behind the trees as it takes the o... (more)
An extra long P23 slowly snakes through the curves of the O line as it returns to Barber NC from Mooresville. Here it's seen shortly after passing through Bear Poplar NC. Leading this train for th... (more)
NS P23 finishes it's work at Innospec Active Chemicals, and is shown here headed down the spur and back to their train, which was parked on the mainline. (Train is moving away from me in this pict... (more)
As I rounded the bend in my car, I was met with P23 setting some cars out in a siding. NS 3496, an Operation Lifesaver scheme SD40-2 leads the local on this cloudy morning. I quickly jumped out an... (more)
After missing it a few days prior, I ended up catching P23 on one of the days where it had the OLS unit leading. It’s shown here backing into the NGK plant in Mooresville NC, with NS 3496 in cha... (more)
NS P23 passes under the tree tunnel in Bear Poplar NC, with an SD40-2 leading the way, per usual.
NS P23 rolls around the curves at Mount Ulla, on it's slow moving journey back to Barber.
A trusty, dusty and a little rusty old high hood GP38-2 built for the Southern Railway, leads P23 back north after a day of switching duties in Mooresville.
NS local job P23 works in Mooresville, NC.
Some fall color is still hanging on in early December as NS P23 prepares to pick up a boxcar out of a spur at Mazeppa Industrial Park.
Norfolk Southern's colorful "Training First Responders" locomotive leads Barber-Mooresville turn P23 southbound along NC 801 in Mount Ulla. Truly a horse of a different color than what t... (more)
Barber-based P23 passes the Mooresville Business Park as they work their way toward their final switching job at Bay State Milling.
NS P23 sweeps through the countryside just south of the small community of Mount Ulla with two geeps making easy work of a sixteen car train.
