NS 8615
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Running westward.
Just east of the Bedford station
Norfolk Southern SD60 6566 and C39-8 8615 lead westbound train No. 193 through Metairie on the NS BACK BELT. The train originated at Birmingham, and the NS will deliver it to the SP at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge, about a mile away.
SP Houston-Birmingham run-through train HOSOM waits at the east end of the Huey P. Long Bridge for a route onto the NS Back Belt. In eight miles - at Milepost NOT 7.6 - the train will become NS No. 194. Today's power is NS C39-8 8615, SP SD45T-2 9257 and SP SD45R 7503. The covered hoppers on the front of the train are GWIX salt cars that were picked up from the Louisiana & Delta, and are on their way to Olin Chemical at Cleveland, Tennessee.
Taking off to Chicago. 7 units in all.
There were 7 locomotives all hooked up waiting on the NS mainline. At the IHB and NS junction, there was track work, so these were stopped. If only I had gotten there aboot 5 minutes sooner.
8615 leading NS 124 by old grain elevator.
NS 8615 leads NS 124 Westward at Alexandria,In.
Maersk Sealand engine was in the consist. Saw it too late so didn't get the shot of it
Coal hoppers, 128 empties and two loads
676 once again heading south along the west branch of the Susquehanna River.
NS train 676 has just held the main at Linden to wait for the H2W and is now proceeding south to Northumberland to tie it down.
NS 8615
NS 213 storms south with a C39-8 in 2nd pkace, their time in service limited by units being removed from active duty daily
NS 2543 leads train 213 southbound at Pomona Yard in Greensboro
NS 124 heads westbound on the Frankfort District bound for Frankfort and points west.
124 rolls through this small town at about 40mph on the NS Frankfort District.
NS 124 is cranking hard on a big train on the Frankfort District bound for Frankfort and points west.
124 speeds past an old Feed Mill next to the NS Frankfort District.
After a breif stop, NS 124 takes off westbound on the Frankfort District near MP 193.
NS 124 heads west on the Frankfort District at MP 191.
124 throttles it up at MP 191 on the NS Frankfort District.
NS 124 begins to throttle it up on the Frankfort District at MP 191.
NS 184
NS 184