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Viewing Album:  Norfolk Southern
 
By:Tom Beckett
Dates:1/1/1979 - 2/28/2013
Album Info:NS trains from ex N&W and Southern lines, including the NKP, Wabash, IT, etc acquired by N&W.
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Bridge down
Title:  Bridge down
Description:  Back in June I was on a Cleveland harbor lunch cruise. As we were returning to the dock on the Cuyahoga River, the bridge came down for this eastbound stack train.
Photo Date:  6/16/2014  Upload Date: 8/28/2014 12:32:27 AM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9428(C40-9W) NS 9892(C40-9W)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Working the dumper
Title:  Working the dumper
Description:  A GP 35 works the Lamberts Point yard, shifing cars to going in bnd coming out of the dumper at the pier.
Photo Date:  9/29/2014  Upload Date: 9/29/2014 12:40:26 AM
Location:  Lamberts Point, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NW 200(GP35)
Views:  559   Comments: 0
Grab shot
Title:  Grab shot
Description:  My wife doesnt believe I get these. We were driving through Decatur AL on the way home from Georgia last weekend when I pulled up to a light on US72A. There was a crossing between me and the intersection. I looked over, expecting empty track on a Sunday afternoon. To my surprise, there was a train there. I took advantage of the slow speed to roll over the crossing, holding the camera up. I tripped the shutter as we went over the crossing, with this result. A pair of SDs are holding north of the crossing on an industrial track leading to the Nucor steel plant.
Photo Date:  3/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/3/2017 4:34:09 AM
Location:  Decatur, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3304(SD40-2) NS 3465(SD40-2)
Views:  179   Comments: 1
Rolling off the river
Title:  Rolling off the river
Description:  A southbound intermodal train rolls off the Tennessee River bridge with 75 stack platforms.
Photo Date:  3/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/3/2017 4:43:04 AM
Location:  Decatur, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9711(C40-9W) NS 9501(C40-9W) NS 9287(C40-9W)
Views:  160   Comments: 2
Trussed
Title:  Trussed
Description:  A southbound intermodal train slowly emerges from the through truss on the Tennessee River bridge.
Photo Date:  3/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/3/2017 5:00:50 AM
Location:  Decatur, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9711(C40-9W) NS 9501(C40-9W) NS 9287(C40-9W)
Views:  155   Comments: 0
Over the river
Title:  Over the river
Description:  A southbound NS train waits for a signal on the north side of the Tennessee River. It will be rolling shortly.
Photo Date:  3/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/3/2017 5:05:33 AM
Location:  Decatur, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9711(C40-9W) NS 9501(C40-9W) NS 9287(C40-9W)
Views:  151   Comments: 0
Heading for a meet
Title:  Heading for a meet
Description:  An eastbound stack train rolls toward the siding where it will meet three. The first, seen in the distance, is a merchandise train led by three NS 40s, a rare sight in todays world of widecabs.
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 4:32:44 AM
Location:  North Courtland, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3848(ET44C4) BNSF 4267(ES44C4) NS 3067(GP40-2)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
Stacks from the west
Title:  Stacks from the west
Description:  This train originated on the west coast, as evidenced by the BNSF power. I saw three stack trains that day; all of them had western power on them, the other two having UP units.
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 4:37:30 AM
Location:  North Courtland, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 3848(ET44C4) BNSF 4267(ES44C4)
Views:  220   Comments: 1
Pan shot
Title:  Pan shot
Description:  As I passed the siding on US 72A, I was able to get this pan shot of the westbound waiting for the meet.
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 4:42:24 AM
Location:  North Courtland, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3067(GP40-2)
Views:  69   Comments: 0
Rockin View
Title:  Rockin View
Description:  The westbound rolls past the Rockview Club, which has a wonderful view of the action here-or would if it were still a going concern.
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 4:45:06 AM
Location:  North Courtland, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3067(GP40-2) NS 3465(SD40-2) NS 3428(SD40-2)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
Through the greenery
Title:  Through the greenery
Description:  The planting season is upon us, and the emerging corn makes for a nice contrast to the black diesels.
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 4:47:40 AM
Location:  Town Creek, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3067(GP40-2) NS 3465(SD40-2) NS 3428(SD40-2)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
Three 40s.
Title:  Three 40s.
Description:  The westbound that just met the stack train rolls!toward Florence behind a GP 40 and a pair of rebuilt SD 40s. Its a nice change from the constant parade of widecabs.
Photo Date:  4/26/2017  Upload Date: 4/29/2017 4:40:27 AM
Location:  North Courtland, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3067(GP40-2) NS 3465(SD40-2) NS 3428(SD40-2)
Views:  193   Comments: 0
Sometimes you win one
Title:  Sometimes you win one
Description:  I have family in the Atlanta area, and will usually take one of two routes from home in Arkansas, either US 78 via Tupelo, or US 72 via Huntsville. I like the second one because a good portion of it is in view of the NS Memphis District. Such was the case on this trip, when I caught this local near Courtland, along US 72. Easy shot, and the prize is the GP 59-not many built, and good to see an oddball still in service all these years later.
Photo Date:  7/27/2017  Upload Date: 8/28/2017 3:58:12 AM
Location:  Courtland, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3579(SD40-2) NS 4621(GP59)
Views:  236   Comments: 0
Westbound on the Nickel Plate
Title:  Westbound on the Nickel Plate
Description:  I was able to get an hour or so to check out the action on a recent trip to Cleveland. East of town, the mains of the Nickel Plate(NS) and CSX(NYC) are adjacent most of the way to Buffalo. CSX runs many more trains, where NS might run 20 in a day. So its always a treat to get one there. NS did not disappoint, sending this 80 car auto rack train past.
Photo Date:  6/4/2018  Upload Date: 6/12/2018 5:37:14 AM
Location:  Wickliffe, OH
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4353(SD70M) NS 8898(C40-9W)
Views:  116   Comments: 2
Still Southern
Title:  Still Southern
Description:  NS has been replacing the old signals on its various lines with new PTC compatible signals, but there are places where the old ones remain. One such place is Bremen GA, on the old Southern line to Birmingham. I had gone there to catch the Crescent, but it did not show by dark. Amazing how a train can lose/so much time so quickly.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:11:13 AM
Location:  Bremen, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2630(SD70M) UP 2742(ES44AC-H)
Views:  267   Comments: 2
Splitting the boards
Title:  Splitting the boards
Description:  A westbound NS stack train rolls between the new PTC signals just east of the split at Austell with a set of older power, including a once front line GP 60.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:27:23 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3455(SD40-2) NS 7103(GP60)
Views:  217   Comments: 1
Eastbound, older power
Title:  Eastbound, older power
Description:  An eastbound stack passes my positon with an SD 40-2/GP 60 combination.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:28:53 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  245   Comments: 3
By a nose
Title:  By a nose
Description:  Eastbound NS stack train pokes between the signals at Austell.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:37:20 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2)
Views:  220   Comments: 0
Gaining speed
Title:  Gaining speed
Description:  An eastbound stack rolls 66 platforms toward Atlanta, viewed down a long tangent near Austell. The progression of signal aspects is evident in this long view. The near signal shows advance approach(Y/Y/R), leading to the next signal, showing approach(Y/R). After that, out of sight, is a red over red. In a few seconds, this train will meet UP 8148 west.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:16:27 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  264   Comments: 1
Meeting the UP
Title:  Meeting the UP
Description:  Eastbound stack train behind a pair of NS units meets a westbound with UP power.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:20:09 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60) UP 8148(ES44AC-H)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Horses on the run
Title:  Horses on the run
Description:  A pair of stack trains, each with a pair of NS units, meet east of Austell.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:21:51 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 3455(SD40-2) NS 7103(GP60)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
Bearing down
Title:  Bearing down
Description:  Eastbound stack train rolls into the curve as it bears down on Atlanta.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:24:48 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3463(SD40-2) NS 7119(GP60)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
Not the class unit
Title:  Not the class unit
Description:  NS 9000 leads 26 stack platforms east. Typically, a diesel with a number such as 9000 would be a class unit, but not in this fleet. The first widecab C40-8 is 8889.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:39:22 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9000(C40-9W) NS 9429(C40-9W) NS 9717(C40-9W)
Views:  226   Comments: 1
Racks coming
Title:  Racks coming
Description:  An eastbound with 43 autoracks and 11 stack platforms rolls east.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:52:32 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9502(C40-9W) NS 9654(C40-9W)
Views:  138   Comments: 2
Headed for a meet
Title:  Headed for a meet
Description:  A 128 car 22N heads toward a meet with a westbound stack train with up power.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 5:58:09 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9504(C40-9W) NS 7264(SD70ACU) UP 8148(ES44AC-H)
Views:  228   Comments: 0
Rolling east on the Southern
Title:  Rolling east on the Southern
Description:  An eastbound with a set of GEs, one an ex CSX unit now part of a lease fleet, roll 74 cars under an old Southern signal bridge at Bremen. Note the railfan chase vehicle in the foreground. It's fully contained, as it's fitted out as an RV, with a fridge, beds, stove, microwave and, most importantly, a bathroom.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:26:36 AM
Location:  Bremen, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9813(C40-9W) GECX 9144(C40-8W) NS 8994(C40-9W)
Views:  243   Comments: 1
Going away
Title:  Going away
Description:  The eastbound rolls away from me, the late day sun brightening the power in the low light.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:32:52 AM
Location:  Bremen, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8994(C40-9W) NS 9813(C40-9W) GECX 9144(C40-8W)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
Finally moving
Title:  Finally moving
Description:  When I arrived at Austell, this train was waiting east of the junction of the line to Rome, and the line to Birmingham. Hes been sitting here at least two hours, and now finally gets to go, passing a local hardware store as he gets his 93 stack platforms moving west.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:03:35 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9841(C40-9W) NS 4066(AC44C6M)
Views:  265   Comments: 1
Peeking out
Title:  Peeking out
Description:  A westbound stack train, waiting for a lot of action, peeks out from behind the Barnes Hardware store, holding back from a grade crossing.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:07:51 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9841(C40-9W) NS 4066(AC44C6M)
Views:  245   Comments: 1
Out of the shadows
Title:  Out of the shadows
Description:  A westboud stack comes out of the shadows and into a patch of light as it rolls slowly to the home signal.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:16:41 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 8148(ES44AC-H) UP 8338(SD70ACe) UP 7447(AC45CCTE)
Views:  246   Comments: 2
By the boards
Title:  By the boards
Description:  A westbound stack with UP power rolls 146 platforms through the home signals at Austell.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:18:47 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8148(ES44AC-H) UP 8338(SD70ACe) UP 7447(AC45CCTE)
Views:  269   Comments: 2
Passing stacks
Title:  Passing stacks
Description:  An eastbound stack train rolls 63 platforms past a waiting westbound.
Photo Date:  9/15/2018  Upload Date: 10/15/2018 6:27:13 AM
Location:  Austell, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 4587(SD70M) UP 7525(AC45CCTE) UP 8323(SD70ACe) NS 9841(C40-9W) NS 4066(AC44C6M)
Views:  399   Comments: 3
Under the lights
Title:  Under the lights
Description:  I spent an afternoon at Dalton GA, where NS crosses CSX. Ip was a fairly busy day, and the sun actually came out for a while. During that stretch, I caught this southbound freight behind a standard cab SD 70 rolling 46 cars under the signalu for the diamond, which is just to the north.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/14/2018 5:02:18 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 2551(SD70) NS 7650(ES40DC)
Views:  158   Comments: 2
New power
Title:  New power
Description:  A relatively new GE ET44 rolls 66 cars of train 175 south under the signals.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:08:37 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3665(ET44AC) NS 7228(SD80MAC)
Views:  162   Comments: 1
Rebuild to 4
Title:  Rebuild to 4
Description:  One of the GEs NS rebuilt to an AC44C4 leads this 103 platform train 215 south. BNSF has this model new from GE. Apparently, NS likes the concept.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:10:41 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Signal,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9303(C40-9W)
Views:  286   Comments: 2
Racks north
Title:  Racks north
Description:  A northbound 77 car auto rack train rolls past the Manly Jail Works across from the Dalton station.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:17:57 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9108(C40-9W) NS 9009(C44-9W)
Views:  267   Comments: 2
Half and half
Title:  Half and half
Description:  A southbound stack train rolls past the Dalton station. It had a total of 137 platforms, 62 loaded, and 75 empty. Must have been repositioning. Thats a lot of empty space, but probably saved them a baretable train.
Photo Date:  9/17/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:21:16 AM
Location:  Dalton, GA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9686(C40-9W) NS 9341(C40-9W)
Views:  91   Comments: 1
Over the Tennessee
Title:  Over the Tennessee
Description:  A westbound 109 platform stack train headed for the Memphis District crosses the Tennessee River.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:36:02 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9594(C40-9W) NS 9689(C40-9W) NS 9839(C40-9W)
Views:  166   Comments: 2
Through the gate
Title:  Through the gate
Description:  The westbound NS stack seen through the gate on the walkway that now occupies the old railroad bridge. The train is coming off the new bridge that replaced the one Im standing on in 1998.
Photo Date:  9/18/2018  Upload Date: 10/16/2018 5:37:48 AM
Location:  Bridgeport, AL
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9594(C40-9W) NS 9689(C40-9W)
Views:  114   Comments: 2
Left on the main
Title:  Left on the main
Description:  Two uaits work their set off into Pomona Yard as their train waits on the main. The Amtrak station at that time was at the yard office, with e small ticket window and waiting room. I got there around 1 PM that day, waiting for the northbound Crescent, which would arrive around 3:30 AM. I had a front row seat for hours of action ap trains stopped to make ~et offs and pick ups, and the yard engines did their thing in between. It was a great place to see the action.
Photo Date:  8/9/1980  Upload Date: 11/12/2016 4:38:54 AM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  SOU 2526(GP35)
Views:  538   Comments: 0

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