A northbound Norfolk Southern freight passes the unique siding switch and signals at North Leesburg, Ind., on March 24, 2011. The Santa Fe-painted locomotive is a run-through from BNSF Railway. Photo by Bob Jordan […]
Railroad: Norfolk Southern
Get-r-done
Norfolk Southern train No. 375 passes maintenance equipment at “North Wye” near Faulconer, Ky., as the train prepares to head onto the Louisville District on April 25, 2016. Photo by Jeff Wagoner […]
Heritage forward
Norfolk Southern’s Southern Railway-painted ES44AC, No. 8099, leads intermodal train No. 200 south across the CSX diamond at Milford Junction, Ind., on June 12, 2016. Photo by Randy Olson […]
Traffic jammer
A northbound Norfolk Southern train enters the street running at Warsaw, Ind., on March 24, 2011. The signal guards the crossing of the former Pennsylvania Railroad main line, now the Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern. The former New York Central branch line was upgraded with Pennsylvania-style position light signals recycled from other routes during […]
Trains Presents: NS Fostoria District, Vol. 2
Visit Norfolk Southern’s fabulous Fostoria District, connecting Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bellevue, Ohio! This volume highlights the busy junction with CSX Transportation at Leipsic, Ohio, and includes a number of NS heritage units! Bought to you by Trains Magazine! Watch more: Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 3 […]
Trains Presents: NS Fostoria District, Vol. 2
Visit Norfolk Southern’s fabulous Fostoria District, connecting Fort Wayne, Ind., and Bellevue, Ohio! This volume highlights the busy junction with CSX Transportation at Leipsic, Ohio, and includes a number of NS heritage units! Bought to you by Trains Magazine! Watch more: Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District Trains Presents: Norfolk Southern’s Fostoria District, Vol. 3 […]
NS locomotives appear to pause for Ali funeral procession NEWSWIRE
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Railfans watching Muhammad Ali’s funeral procession through his hometown of Louisville on television today have noticed Norfolk Southern locomotives that appear to stop or pause until Ali’s hearse passes. One of the units is reported to be No. 8103, the Norfolk & Western heritage unit, a GE ES44AC. In response to posts […]
Watco to acquire NS West Virginia Secondary, portion of Virginian route NEWSWIRE
Chase Gunnoe CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A shortline railroad will breathe new life into a Class I railroad line that was partially mothballed in West Virginia earlier this year. Watco companies will acquire more than 300 miles of Norfolk Southern tracks in West Virginia and Ohio, including the majority of its West Virginia Secondary route and […]
Norfolk Southern donates Southern SD40 to TVRM NEWSWIRE
Norfolk Southern EMD SD40 No. 3170 makes a special appearance at the N.C. Transportation Museum in May 2015. Chase Gunnoe CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum’s collection of Southern Railway heritage is growing by one locomotive. Norfolk Southern has donated Southern Railway EMD SD40 No. 3170 to the Chattanooga museum. The locomotive was […]
Color coordination
A loaded crude oil train with BNSF Railway power passes a line of matching orange trees on Norfolk Southern’s Chicago Line near Otis, Ind., on Oct. 20, 2014. Photo by Brian Schmidt […]
Trains Presents: Steam on the Loops
Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern’s loops of western North Carolina! See steam plumes and hear the exhaust bark as it does only on mountain railroad lines! Only from Trains. […]
Trains Presents: Steam on the Loops
Watch as Southern Railway 2-8-0 No. 630 charges the Southern’s loops of western North Carolina! See steam plumes and hear the exhaust bark as it does only on mountain railroad lines! Only from Trains. […]