Kannapolis V14, November 2007
Author: Steve H
Shots from in and around Kannapolis, NC, locations are limited due to transport issues, pics may be used as long as credit is given to me, and images are resized to 1024x768, larger available on request
Photo Gallery
NS 55Z heads north to Salisbury where it will turn West to head towards Asheville, NS 2505 long hood forward leads
NS 9071 leads NS 214 northwards in the early morning sunlight at Kannapolis
BNSF 4348 heads northwards with train 212, due to the sun angle only a departing shot was possible
NS 212 thunders north with a pair of BNSF units leading an NS sister, 5472 is second unit
Storming up track 1 at Kannapolis is UP 3834 leading NS 213
UP 4828 is second out on NS 213 as it passes Kannapolis under clear blue skies and clear green signals
NS 337 passes Kannapolis with Horsehead 2658 leading
NS P40 outlawed in Kannapolis on Friday night and is seen here stabled for the weekend with NS 3392 (still in CRQ) and sisters NS 6581 and NS 6133
NS 9219 leads NS 172 under sunny skies in Kannapolis
KCS 4035 is 3rd out on NS 172 at Kannapolis on a sunny day in early November
Side cab detail on KCS 4035 as it passes Kannapolis while helping NS 172 on her way
KCS 4035 passes Kannapolis, NC with train NS 172, unfortunatly 2 dash-9s were leading this unit
NS 9067 and train NS 053 wait at the old Kannapolis Depot for NS 204 to pass, in the distance is outlawed P40 and between that and 053 is P41 power stabled for the weekend
KRL 075 brings up the rear of NS 053, a siemens Generator going to Norfolk for export
NS 5237 passes through Kannapolis while hitching a ride to Linwood on NS 338
Warbonnet BNSF 946 powers out of the evening sunlight at Gastonia with NS 980
BNSF 946 is sole power for catapiller train NS 980 at Gastonia
The A-B-A F unit set powers past Gastonia Amtrak station in the fading evening light
NS 955 with the F unit A-B-A set passes Gastonia with the evening sun glinting of the shiny paintwork
B unit NS 4276 is between 4271 and 4270 as they pass Gastonia with train NS 955
NS 955 with 4271 leading, 4276 as the B unit and 4270 trailing pass Gastonia in the evening sun
NS 955s first car is NS 7 named Pennsylvania
NS 9 is NS 955s second car, this is named "Alabama"
NS 955s third car is NS 12 named "Indiana"
NS 955s 4th car is NS 11 named "Illinois"
the 5th car on NS 955 is NS 13 named "Georgia"
the 6th car on the NS OCS special 955 is NS 18 named "General William Mahone"
NS 955 the OCS special has NS 24 as 7th car, named "Delaware"
the last car in 8th is NS 23 on OCS NS 955, this is named "Buena Vista"
buried in NS 172s consist are these old hoppers being transported on flatcars due to the RR not allowing them on their own wheelsets
an old hopper ride on a flatcar in NS 172s consist, the RR wouldn't llow these cars to ride on their own wheelsets
the third hopper on a flatcar in NS 172s consist, NS refused to allow the hoppers to be taken on their own wheelsets
NS 904 a track geometry train passes Kannapolis with High Hood 1620 at the helm
Hotshot Intermodel NS 213 has the oppositions coal power leading, CSX 438 leads through Kannapolis
more accustomed to coal drags, CSX 252 and sister 438 lead an NS unit on Hotshot NS 213 at Kannapolis
A NB manifest possibly 338 passes Kannapolis under sunny skies, NS 9040 trails, note the different style numbers under the cab
blowing smoke as P41s engineer cranks up NS 3209 from a cold start
NS 1646 trails on NS 338 through kannapolis
The first few cars on NS 338 are DODX loads carrying some sort of military equipment
High Hood NS 3288 leads a GP60 on a MOW train SB through Kannapolis
OLS GP60 helps on a MOW train in Kannapolis, what a drastic change from Hotshot Intermodel service
first car on the MOW train is SOU 900355
the 2nd boxcar on a MOW train is SOU 900339
next up in 3rd is SOU 900356
the 4th Boxcar on the MOW train offsetting the SOU ones is NW 517848
CR 62532 is carrying a crew cabin as it passes kannapolis in consist of a MOW train
another Crew cabin being transported on a flatcar passes through kannapolis
more of the crew cabins pass Kannapolis on a MOW train, the first white box says NS Surfacing Gang No 3, days without injury 8
behind the boxcars and crew cabins comes the track equipment carried on flatcars
more track Equipment being carried south on a MW train passing Kannapolis