NS 5131
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NS Local P95 rolls under the College Ave. overpass just railroad-East of the S-48 milepost. The passenger track used to be on the right, and the infamous "Wreck of the Asheville Special" of 1948 was just around the curve.
NS Local P95 switches one of the areas last lumber mills of its size. Milepost S-46.9.
One chopped, one still high.
This is today's power for the A&Y job; Pomona tower is pictured as well
The first admiral cab GP38-2 and the first one I've caught!
5131 is headed east on the Charleston to Hamburg line a couple of miles east of the Elko, the nearest town. Much of this route including this location was abandoned in the late 1980s; not long after this photo was taken. What is left of the route at Aiken, SC is now operated by Aiken Railway. Even though this was a direct line from Augusta, Ga. to Charleston, SC., the traffic on this route was light.
Along Central Ave. across from IHOP
337 rolls south at Kannapolis on track 2
May 25, 2012, 1:08pm: Norfolk Southern yard job PA01 has just hit the west limits of the Asheville yard, and is starting to push a cut of cars back into the yard.
Only 5 years ago this excat spot was a scene of carnage and tragedy.
I found this one unmanned with the blue flag alarm blaring.
Three geeps await work in the south NS yard in Mobile.
Train 166 heads east under a rainbow
NS 5131 is on the point of the Southern Tier line local based out of Campbell Hall, NY at Harriman, NY 10/2000.
Local power tied up for the weekend.
P61 disappearing round the wye onto the S line with plenty of old power
NS 5131 leads NS 053 through Kannapolis, nice to see the highhoods leading trains
[NS Piedmont Division - Asheville District - Salisbury Wye] PL25 backing around the wye.
Salisbury Switcher PL25 eases down toward Reid to meet a northbound before beginning its work in the single track.
A local with auto-racks waits for a CSX freight to clear Devinf Junction, near USC's campus
NS 5131 makes a dash to get through Devine Junction, then on to Andrews Yard
Train 324 in emergency at MP 431.
NS train #223 (UP 4187) passes NS #D76 - NS Mainline - Milepost 64.2
NS train #223 (UP 4187) passes NS #D76 - NS Mainline - Milepost 64.2