Norfolk Southern (NS) 2733 - EMD SD70M-2

At 5:16pm on Wednesday August 16, 2017, westbound autorack train 27N coast downgrade behind NS 9519 (C44-9W) and NS 2733 (SD70M-2). On the rear were helpers NS 6317 (SD40E) and NS 6314 (SD40E).

NS 9286, along with a UP Dash 9 and several other NS units, lead the MEWEY-07 west on the Glidden Sub near Flatonia

NS 9286, along with a UP Dash 9 and several other NS units, lead the MEWEY-07 west on the Glidden Sub near Flatonia

NS 2733 leads NS 289 south through Ossian

NS train 35N.

NS 2733 leads NS 143 south through Ossian

369 heads south on the NS Marion Branch at CP 62

368 starts the climb up the Marion hill on the NS Marion Branch.

NS D68

NS 2733 leads a colorful lash up and power on NS 239 as it enters Saint Charles, Mo. on the NS STL District. Behind NS 2733 is a UP SD70M, The Reading (NS 1067) and a NS Tier 4 GE.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJRM45wvoBI

A neat set of power was on today's Ns 239 Saint Louis District.

21M is next west at 1159.

21M thunders through Wyo at 0818 with a quintet of engines.

An extra I0W heads north on the CSAO Lehigh Line

218 is in a hurry as usual.

15th Ave. NS Lehigh Line.

17th Ave. NS Lehigh Line.

272

272

NS 2733 leads NS 216 northbound through Bluffton

NS 2733 leads a southbound autorack train through Ossian

Passing under the massive US Route 422 bridge

K34 rounds the bend at Tulp at 1324.

NS local K34 (formerly NS 38G) diverges off the Reading Line at CP TULP

Almost missed this lone ranger SD70M-2.

12t is tied down, the re-crew is not for some time yet

21M rolls through Bound Brook making track speed.

NS 39G at Cove Road

NS SD70M-2 leads an eastbound train across the Missouri River bridge and towards St Louis.

Three units bring an eastbound across the Missouri River bridge at Bridgeton MO at about 6:15 on a Tuesday morning. The train is only doing 10MPH, obeying a slow order issued after a barge and crane hit the structure during heavy storms the previous Friday.