NS Columbus Dist. in GA pt. 2
Author: Joe Hill
Scherer coal train reroutes and other odd stuff on the NS Columbus District between Ft. Valley and Columbus, GA.
Photo Gallery
A brand new BNSF GEVO rolls past the Butler, GA depot and sign.
NS 735 tops the hill as it rolls into Howard, GA.
Not all of the colors of Fall are on the trees!
A pair of Dash-9's (with 2 more at mid-train) lugs 190 cars upgrade towards Butler, GA.
A pair of unmanned DPUs' at mid-train help NS #187 westward along the former CofG mainline.
Class unit #4000 and a warbonnet sister pull 42 cars westward towards Columbus, GA.
An eclectic array of motive power pulls NS #198 eastward towards Ft. Valley, GA.
A Taco From Mexico tops the hill at Reynolds, GA.
A flagged UP SD70M leads a pair of TFM units westward towards Columbus, GA.
A 35-car test train of Powder River coal heads east towards Macon, GA and ultimately GA Power's Plant Scherer.
A pair of ex.UP SD90MACs' tops the hill at Howard, GA
Due to a derailment above Chattanooga, NS decided to run an empty coal train via Macon/Columbus, GA to Birmingham.
A pair of TFM units inches NS #136 into the siding at Howard, GA
CSX K803 and NS 336 greet each other at 40mph. Had the NS train been going slower, I could've gotten the lead engine completely in sunlight!
A 700mm shot of #335's lease consist as it charges up the grade at Howard, GA on NS's Columbus District.
NS #336 (with an all lease consist) is sitting at Muscogee Jct. waiting on #G27 to clear up before proceeding eastward to Macon, GA.
