Norfolk Southern (NS) 4270 - EMD F9A

Norfolk Southern 4270, leads OCS 953 west bound on the ex-PRR Pittsburgh mainline at CP PACK, Torrance, Pennsylvania. April 30, 2011. Jack D Kuiphoff photo

Locomotives at/near the Juniata Locomotive Shop.

Locomotives at/near the Juniata Locomotive Shop.

Locomotives at/near the Juniata Locomotive Shop.

Locomotives at/near the Juniata Locomotive Shop.

4270 passes thru CP-Latrobe on a sunny day.

4270 passes a heavy slab train as it comes thru Latrobe.

westbound excursion

Norfolk Southern excursion train for the John W. Barriger III National Library at UMSL

At 9:15am on Thursday June 28, 2018, eastbound train 955, a deadhead Norfolk Southern Office Car Special, passed Leetonia Tower in Leetonia, Ohio on its way back to Altoona, Pennsylvania. NS #4271 (F9A), NS #4276 (F7B), NS #4275 (F7B), NS #4270 (F9A) lead the following twelve NS passenger cars: NS #23 (Buena Vista), NS #24 (Delaware), NS #18 (New Orleans), NS #2 (Carolina), NS #4 (Michigan), NS #14 (Missouri), NS #13 (Georgia), NS #9 (Alabama), NS #11 (Illinois), NS #12 (Indiana), NS #7 (Pennsylvania), and NS #39 (HEP).

The NS OCS making its final approach into Rossville, TN on April 25, 2018

OCS F9A with b units trailing creeping South @ bridge connector

NS 954 approaches Crocker Hill Rd. This location is at Milepost 608.21 on the former D&H Railroad.

After getting permission from the Yardmaster, NS 954 arrives at Binghamton, NY at Restricted Speed.

Photo location is from the upper falls overlook. This was the first passenger train to cross the newly-completed span which opened to freight traffic back in December, 2017. NS dismantled the previous 1880's era truss bridge this past Spring which opened this view of the new arch bridge.

955 passes by the ex-D&H depot at Unadilla. Last time a D&H passenger train passed here was 1963. This view of the NS Business Train shows what passenger service run privately could have looked like today under NS.

955 southbound at Pony Farm Rd. To the north is CP-557.

955 throttles up and departs Esperance for Binghamton.

954 northbound at Rotterdam. Interesting to see what passenger service on the D&H could have looked like under NS. The CSX Selkirk Branch crosses the D&H here.

954 northbound at Cobleskill. Interesting to see what passenger service on the D&H could have looked like under NS.

954 northbound at Cobleskill. Interesting to see what passenger service on the D&H could have looked like under NS.

OCS Continued.

Office Car Special.

Full A-B-B-A set.

An attempted shot of NS 4270. Too much stuff in the way though. Ill get it again someday hopefully!

A group of NS engines, including the OCS engines and cars, sit in a group in the yard. Would have been nice if the OCS train would not have been blocked out by other NS engines since this is my first time seeing it. Oh well.

NS OCS train heads NB to Altoona, PA in Central, SC

The Norfolk Southern OCS, symboled NS 954, rolls east on the Lurgan Branch through Lees Cross Roads

Norfolk Southern 954, the Office Car Special, rolls east through Shippensburg on the way back to Altoona

Now on the NS H-Line, Norfolk Southern 952 heads towards the Masters Tournament in Augusta

After holding in the siding at 65 for traffic south of here, NS 952 finally gets back on the move