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By:Joseph Johns
Dates:1/1/2008 - 12/31/2008
Album Info:All shots from 2008
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NS 7551
Title:  NS 7551
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/6/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 5:54:54 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 7551(ES40DC)
Views:  409   Comments: 0
NS 8968
Title:  NS 8968
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 5:57:30 PM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8968(C40-9W) NS 8397(C40-8W)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
NS 5145
Title:  NS 5145
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/2/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 5:56:36 PM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5145(GP38-2)
Views:  421   Comments: 0
NS 4154
Title:  NS 4154
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/3/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 6:03:22 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 4154(GP38AC) NS 3189(SD40) NS 6171(SD40-2) NS 6158(SD40-2)
Views:  773   Comments: 1
NS 9044
Title:  NS 9044
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/9/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 6:14:13 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9044(C40-9W) NS 2668(SD70M-2)
Views:  633   Comments: 0
NS 2706
Title:  NS 2706
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 6:16:57 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 2706(SD70M-2)
Views:  256   Comments: 0
NS 5132
Title:  NS 5132
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/18/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 6:20:16 PM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5132(GP38-2)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
Look out for the third unit
Title:  Look out for the third unit
Description:  A week prior I'd missed 4610 but I got the chance to redeem myself a week later.
Photo Date:  2/18/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 6:24:01 PM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3447(SD40-2)
Views:  529   Comments: 0
I've been waiting for this
Title:  I've been waiting for this
Description:  And I got my chance.
Photo Date:  2/18/2008  Upload Date: 11/2/2008 6:39:44 PM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  281   Comments: 0
NS 9778
Title:  NS 9778
Description:  I actually took this one back in February and out of my total sickness of seeing Dash-9s I didn't even look at the photo until now then I realized this engine has a unibrow but no house head on the hood. Well I checked it out. During a trip to the engine shop the hood compartment was mistakenly switched with NS 9405. Now NS 9778 has 9405's hood compartment and if you look at more recent pictures of 9405 you'll see a horse head on a much newer engine compartment but no unibrow paint above the cab windows.
Photo Date:  2/25/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:56:42 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9778(C40-9W)
Views:  284   Comments: 0
Intermodel Chase
Title:  Intermodel Chase
Description:  Getting this shot from a moving truck required precision timing and aim
Photo Date:  3/9/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 9:51:29 PM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 5460(ES44DC) CSX 4503(SD70MAC)
Views:  393   Comments: 0
Post tornado 155
Title:  Post tornado 155
Description:  NS 155 was cleared after the power pole was cleared off the tracks.
Photo Date:  3/16/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 9:57:03 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9711(C40-9W)
Views:  454   Comments: 0
NS 8773
Title:  NS 8773
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/16/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:00:30 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8773(C40-9)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
NS 9539
Title:  NS 9539
Description:  I can't remember where in Aiken county I took this one so location may be wrong
Photo Date:  4/4/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:11:38 PM
Location:  Graniteville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9539(C40-9W)
Views:  337   Comments: 0
CSX 8106
Title:  CSX 8106
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/7/2008  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 1:09:13 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8106(SD40-2) CSX 8022(SD40-2)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
CSX 9992
Title:  CSX 9992
Description:  Atleast I was able to get this one.
Photo Date:  4/7/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:28:02 PM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 9992(F40PH-2) CSX 706(ES44AC-H)
Views:  767   Comments: 0
NS 9275
Title:  NS 9275
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:34:23 PM
Location:  Graniteville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9275(C40-9W)
Views:  469   Comments: 1
NS 9414
Title:  NS 9414
Description:  Since they shifted part of the tracks over about 10 feet in Graniteville, this created a curve before the small trussell. Makes for an interesting shot but I feel I can do better next time I get the chance to take this shot. I never really noticed this curve til yesterday but I think next time I just need my zoom ranged in fully. One thing I can say for widecabs they do make good curve shots.
Photo Date:  4/11/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:31:38 PM
Location:  Graniteville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9414(C40-9W)
Views:  522   Comments: 0
NS 9100
Title:  NS 9100
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:37:15 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9100(C40-9W)
Views:  313   Comments: 0
NS 9433
Title:  NS 9433
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/25/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:45:57 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9433(C40-9W)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
NS 3265
Title:  NS 3265
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/3/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:50:56 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3265(SD40-2) NS 3308(SD40-2) NS 3084(GP40-2)
Views:  568   Comments: 0
Unexpected GP40-2m
Title:  Unexpected GP40-2m
Description:  I did not expect to catch one of these this fast.
Photo Date:  5/13/2008  Upload Date: 11/29/2008 10:53:13 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3084(GP40-2)
Views:  312   Comments: 0
NS 9540
Title:  NS 9540
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/4/2008  Upload Date: 1/3/2009 9:31:28 PM
Location:  Bath, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9540(C40-9W) NS 8744(C40-8)
Views:  402   Comments: 1
NS 5067
Title:  NS 5067
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:10:16 AM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5067(GP38-2)
Views:  353   Comments: 0
NS 9279
Title:  NS 9279
Description:  Date at corner of photo is wrong date in text box is correct.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:16:57 AM
Location:  Langley, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9279(C40-9W)
Views:  328   Comments: 0
p22 changes hands
Title:  p22 changes hands
Description:  NS 7141 goes out to Columbia on 192, NS 5067 takes over at local p22.
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 1/8/2009 1:46:07 AM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5067(GP38-2) NS 2656(SD70M-2) NS 8710(C40-8) NS 7141(GP60)
Views:  638   Comments: 0
Skull boxcar on 192 headed to columbia
Title:  Skull boxcar on 192 headed to columbia
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/10/2008  Upload Date: 1/8/2009 1:51:19 AM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  408   Comments: 0
NS 9411
Title:  NS 9411
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/14/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:16:37 AM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9411(C40-9W)
Views:  253   Comments: 0
NS 9493
Title:  NS 9493
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:24:35 AM
Location:  Graniteville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9493(C40-9W)
Views:  186   Comments: 0
NS 9621
Title:  NS 9621
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/16/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:17:52 AM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9621(C40-9W)
Views:  308   Comments: 1
NS 6771
Title:  NS 6771
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/28/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:29:19 AM
Location:  Warrenville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6771(SD60M) NS 2600(SD70M)
Views:  295   Comments: 0
6th Street crossbuck
Title:  6th Street crossbuck
Description:  Many of the corssbuck signs on 6th street in Augusta are unique from most. Some are on telephone poles some are on rotting post but none have warning lights and crossing bars because of the fact that the train runs down the middle of the street. Many of these signs are bent up and some I believe are even almost impossible for a motorist to see. Many tourist actually believe that the railroad is out of service and are often surprised to see the old Southern Railway line still in use.
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:44:59 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  175   Comments: 0
Old 6th street spur
Title:  Old 6th street spur
Description:  The spur line that comes off the sixth street trackage in Augusta GA is no longer used. I don't know how long it's been but this spur used to go Hamburg SC, the depot and something else up along the river. Hamburg was destroyed by the 1929 flood and is completely whipped out. In fact the only thing I heard was still standing was a creepy building beside the 5th street bridge. I believe this was originally a switch track to the Hamburg line which lead to a trussell that paralleled the one known as the sixth street trussell. The supports of the Hamburg trussell can still be seen poking out the river next to the fifth street bridge. After Hamburg this spur line was more than likely used to access the depot and possibly some business paralleling the river. Probably used by Central of Georgia. This spur line cuts across the eastbound lane of sixth street but dead ends because most of the trackage was taken up, except the part of the trackage that crosses the museum parking lot but that's totally for display. The switch and most of the tracks were removed recently I believe as 2006.
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:41:27 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  239   Comments: 0
CSX 8369
Title:  CSX 8369
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 7/2/2009 1:05:47 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8369(SD40-2)
Views:  213   Comments: 0
NS 9179
Title:  NS 9179
Description:  So as I was shooting the street running in Augusta GA this one idiot decided he didn't have to wait for the train to clear before parking his car at ST Paul Episcopal church. So to save him some time he pulls down this narrow stretch of sixth street where people are walking and there's a train going down the middle. With the train coming there is not enough room for him to squeeze between it and parked cars so he goes up the middle. The train is coming off the levee at about 5mph. The engineer is blowing the horn like crazy because even though he's going slow there's no way he can stop from hitting them. The car stops to make the turn but the people walking were slowing him down. As I turned for this shot the car had just turned off the tracks but is still too close to the train and can't move because of pedestrians. So this means if they try to move very fast now they hit the pedestrian but if they don't they get clipped by the train. They were lucky the train was going only 5mph or somebody would have got hurt. The Car was able to move just a few seconds before the train made it there. Pretty stupid because I don't think anybody would have taken that spot while the train was there, it really could have waited.
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:32:43 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9179(C40-9W)
Views:  398   Comments: 1
NS 9897
Title:  NS 9897
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:38:06 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9897(C40-9W)
Views:  189   Comments: 0
NS 9179
Title:  NS 9179
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/4/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:36:14 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9179(C40-9W)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
NS 9813
Title:  NS 9813
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:47:32 AM
Location:  Augusta, GA
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9813(C40-9W) NS 9048(C40-9W)
Views:  428   Comments: 1
NS 243605 is leaking a white dust I believe was chalk or limestone.
Title:  NS 243605 is leaking a white dust I believe was chalk or limestone.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:52:25 AM
Location:  Langley, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories:  RollingStock
Locomotives: 
Views:  235   Comments: 0
NS 9236
Title:  NS 9236
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/6/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:50:19 AM
Location:  Langley, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9236(C40-9W) NS 8331(C40-8W)
Views:  435   Comments: 0
NS 9423
Title:  NS 9423
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/10/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:56:21 AM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
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Views:  184   Comments: 0
A railfan's nightmare almost come true
Title:  A railfan's nightmare almost come true
Description:  This set of three shots gives you a time line of what I saw unfold today and I thought this one was going to be ugly but luckily this train wasn't going the track speed limit of 45mph and I'm afraid if it was this kid would have been killed. All the times came off my camera's memory and were taken from the properties of the pictures. He crossed this private crossing and stopped in the middle of the tracks then crossed into a private driveway, then in shot #2 crossed the tracks again and 180ed back around into the driveway. In the 1st shot you can make out the distance of the train but on the 3nd shot I couldn't get the angle on the kid with the zoom. Mainly because I was nervous out of my mind and yelling at the kid, so I kind of shook #2 off. Needless to say I was able to inform his parents and he is in big trouble. But I wanted to use this time interval as an example to show how close this incident could have been if the train was going 45mph. This just goes to shows how close today's train photos were to going to the police as evidence instead of this gallery. If this kid had gotten hit I would have never posted it.
Photo Date:  9/18/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 2:58:45 AM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8395(C40-8W)
Views:  436   Comments: 1
NS 8393
Title:  NS 8393
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/18/2008  Upload Date: 1/16/2009 11:48:33 PM
Location:  Johnstown, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8395(C40-8W)
Views:  339   Comments: 0
51 Miles from Charleston
Title:  51 Miles from Charleston
Description:  This is all that is left of the old Charleston to Hamburg line built in 1833 and at one time was the longest mainline in the world. Mile Marker 51 is the end of the line everything back from 51 is only used by NS as an industrial line where only NS P22 may go once a week. Just off of US Highway 78 after passing Mile marker 51 you can see signs of what this used to be such as high roadbeds, old crossbuck signs, track imprints in roads, and narrow paths between trees. US.78 parallels the line and if you follow it to Branchville you'll see it come to life again because a line from Columbia to Charleston hooks onto it. This line has been closed since the mid 80's but I can't get an exact date. Some of the track here was there last time I was there around 2004, but they've removed that since then I was only able to find some remains but nothing like spikes, maybe a piece of wood leftover but that's all I found. Norfolk Southern still owns the lease to the land.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 3:05:02 AM
Location:  Montmorenci, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  1087   Comments: 1
Guarding for what never comes
Title:  Guarding for what never comes
Description:  Long gone since the 80's but I think this crossing was last used in the 90's possibly it still has it's report stalled vehicle sign with the previous NS stripe logo and down highway 78 from time to time you'll see old signs like this left up along the way with no tracks. I was really looking for some old SOU signs but couldn't find many. The thing is Norfolk Southern still owns the lease to the land so I don't know if they ever intend to do anything with it.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 3:11:16 AM
Location:  Montmorenci, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
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Views:  218   Comments: 0
Once was a railroad
Title:  Once was a railroad
Description:  The tunnel between the trees and the granted rocks on the ground are the only thing that reminds you that a train once went though here. It's been more than 20 years since the last train, but you can still see that space that makes up a right of way. I'd like to do some searching here if I can get a metal detector, and see if I can't find some old spikes or maybe old signs I'm pretty sure there still something made made of metal somewhere over there.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 3:08:12 AM
Location:  Montmorenci, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
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Views:  240   Comments: 0
Some Active trackage
Title:  Some Active trackage
Description:  This was all taken before mile marker 51 which marks the end of the line now days. This track hardly sees a train anymore and when it does it's normally local P22 and I think it comes through here once a week at the most but if I can ever get lucky to catch it out here one day that would be nice. The track isn't in the best condition but I guess it serves it's small modern purpose now days. Back in 1833 when this line first opened the best friend of Charleston operated on this line but now it is only used as a spur line for companies that need the railroad and you've probably seen in a more recent post that the line ends at mile marker 51 which is where it has ended since the 1980's.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 3:14:37 AM
Location:  Montmorenci, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
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Views:  270   Comments: 0
The avondale spur
Title:  The avondale spur
Description:  This was the same spur line that was involved with the Grantieville train wreck but this isn't at the location of the wreck. This is a little further down the spur line. The mill has only been closed since 2006 because of damage from the chlorine from train wreck. Nobody has bought it and it's now starting to show signs of decay in some places.
Photo Date:  9/27/2008  Upload Date: 1/9/2009 3:17:46 AM
Location:  Graniteville, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
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Views:  420   Comments: 0
NS 5175
Title:  NS 5175
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/2/2008  Upload Date: 1/16/2009 11:38:07 PM
Location:  Bath, SC
Author:  JosZph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 5175(GP38-2)
Views:  297   Comments: 0
NS 8740
Title:  NS 8740
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/16/2008  Upload Date: 1/16/2009 11:52:39 PM
Location:  Bath, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8740(C40-8) NS 8834(C40-9)
Views:  382   Comments: 0


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