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NS 229 on the morning of November 18th had NS 7333 leading across the FEC drawbridge in downtown Jacksonville. NS recently acquired the unit from CEFX.
Recently rebuilt NS 4508 leads 77A off the Durham District into the siding at Patrick Henry. They will meet an eastbound here before continueing west towards Roanoke.
D36 hustles past the intermediates at 150.9 on the approach to the Lafayette District high iron in Bement. Today's train is led by straight NS -2s 3479 and 3517. These intermediates are popular with fans due to their easy access and spacing in the chase cadence. I found them awkward to shoot being so close to the crossing. But that is because of my own defects as a photographer. This was my best attempt.
This is of course, the former Wabash Chicago main. In 1990, the top end was lopped off between Gibson City and Manhattan. GC to Risk was sold to the Bloomer Shippers Connecting Railroad. The remaining piece of the was grafted with the NKP, creating a glorified branchline. The CTC south of GC remains and it is quite overkill for the remaining traffic. North of Lodge, only the control points have searchlights, with the intermediates varying in manufacturer and year. South of Lodge, I believe all the intermediates are searchlights, if my count of three is correct.
NS 24E makes their way to Atlanta through Douglasville with the KCS "Salute Our Soldiers" unit on the point. 6-26-22
NS 8025, the Monongahela heritage unit, found it's way on to the head end of intermodal train 228 as it snakes out of Harrisburg Yard and past the scene that is downtown Harrisburg.
The feilds in Shawsville are in full bloom as NS 4090 and 4079 tackle the Shawsville with a loaded grain train in tow.
NS train 11Z rolls past the former N&W signals at Vesuvius as it heads south on the Roanoke District.
A light drizzle falls as 288 waits in Roanoke after shoving back over three miles due to a tonnage issue. The issue was resolved in a typical railroad mannor with several calls to upper management who deemed the tonnage issue to not be an issue and the train should contiune on without dropping cars. Understandably the crew was not impressed, especially the conductor who was forced to ride the shove in the rain and then walk their lengthy train back to the head end. After waiting for dispatch, they were finally back underway.
NS B09 brings steel coil empties past the abandoned freight depot next to Union Station in Gary, Indiana behind the usual pair of SD40-2s.
I never did get this guys symbol, but judging by the length & cargo, I'm guessing it was 109. If so, NS 109 speeds down the AGS North as it heads for Irondale. Leading the way was a nice surprise in NS 7297, one of the few SD70ACUs still in road service. To think NS bought all of those SD90MACs to rebuild into these in 2015, only to have most of them parked &/or sold within 5 years of being rebuilt, with most of the remaining ones being held in pusher service in Pennsylvania. 7-26-22
X581 is ending its journey from Nashville to Wauhatchie and 201 is beginning it's journey from Chattanooga to Sheffield as the two meet at Wildwood in the last few minutes of light.
A recently rebuilt AC44C6M leads 25Z west towards Chicago, just after sunrise in Pinola.
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NS 4004, the Blue Mane unit, leads intermodal train NS 28X eastbound out of Harrisburg toward Rutherford.
Back in 2001 Norfolk Southern Train #145, laden with Kansas City bound priority auto parts, is heading westward at Buffalo, IL on the old Wabash Railroad’s Detroit to Kansas City main line. The lead locomotive model, a General Electric C39-8, was nicknamed a “toaster” by some due to the configuration of the long hood.
A slab of ethanol meat is served in Callahan as K423 passes K426. A CEFX AC44 is in charge of the cooking, with a side of NS M-2.
Led by a trio of high-nose EMDs, Norfolk Southern train 180 curves through Tateville, Kentucky, on August 23, 1992. The train is northbound, passing through a deep cut of the Southern Railway’s upgraded “Rathole” line between Cincinnati and Chattanooga. NS EMD GP50 No. 7060 leads the train operating long-hood forward, as CNO&TP (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway) and Southern intended.
Good company and beautiful weather combined for a great day. Although rail traffic was very slow there were things of interest to be seen; one hundred black vultures greeted us at Big Sandy Tunnel #7, a separated coal train with a conductor getting a lot of practice setting and releasing hand brakes, a grumpy train master, a rail grinder in action, two heritage units and this sunset.