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By:Marcus Neubacher
Dates:12/26/2005 - 12/26/2005
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CP 8552
Title:  CP 8552
Description:  Rare CP Unit in Decatur, AL
Photo Date:  12/1/2004  Upload Date: 1/2/2005 12:23:12 AM
Location:  Decatur, AL
Author:  Terry Poole
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Locomotives:  CP 8552(AC44CW)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
02/19/05 12:14 - NS 134
Title:  02/19/05 12:14 - NS 134
Description:  NS Chattanooga-Linwood train 134 swings off the S-Line and onto the Washington-Atlanta mainlihe at Salisbury. A BNSF SD40-2 still in Santa Fe blue and yellow was a nice surprise.
Photo Date:  2/19/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:44:19 AM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9172(C40-9W)
Views:  658   Comments: 0
02/26/05 09:41 - NS 134
Title:  02/26/05 09:41 - NS 134
Description:  NS 134 rolls eastbound through Statesville with a photogenic older power consist. Behind the*lead NS B32-8 is Wisconsin Central SD45 6531 and an ex-UP CRIX unit.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:42:14 AM
Location:  Statesville, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 3551(B32-8)
Views:  714   Comments: 1
02/26/05 16:13 - NS 135
Title:  02/26/05 16:13 - NS 135
Description:  NS 135 snakes through one of my favorite photo spots on the S-Line. Just west of Old For~, the looping Blue Ridge Mountain grade follows twisting Mill Creek. This is near MP S-114 between Old Fort and Dendron.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:44:54 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8827(C40-9)
Views:  1014   Comments: 3
02/26/05 16:18 - NS 135
Title:  02/26/05 16:18 - NS 135
Description:  Another favorite spot in the Loops is here at Dendron, NC, MP 115. Here NS 135 makes its way upgrade behind an all-GE onsist. We won't complain too much about the middle unit, unpatched SP AC4400 #192.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:43:25 AM
Location:  Dendron, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories:  Yard,Steam,Signal,Wreck
Locomotives:  NS 8827(C40-9)
Views:  730   Comments: 1
02/26/05 16:05 - NS 135
Title:  02/26/05 16:05 - NS 135
Description:  NS 135 passes the Old Fort station, which is being renovated for future passenger service. Tfday's 135 includes unpatched SP AC4400 #192 in the consist.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:36:20 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8827(C40-9)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
02/26/05 13:06 - NS 140
Title:  02/26/05 13:06 - NS 140
Description:  NS 140 pulls onto the mainline at BI Tower in Biltmore, NC, to be begins its trip east to Salisbury.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 2:45:06 PM
Location:  Biltmore, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8939(C40-9W)
Views:  679   Comments: 0
02/26/05 14:35 - NS 140
Title:  02/26/05 14:35 - NS 140
Description:  Yes) Virginia, there is a Santa Claus! And in February 2005 he brought us two new merchandise trains on the scenic S-Line, NS 139 and 140. Here NS 140, the eastbound train from Knoxville, splits the signals at Dendron. A few minutesago this train passed above this location on High Fill.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:46:43 AM
Location:  Dendron, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8939(C40-9W)
Views:  743   Comments: 0
02/26/05 13:55 - NS 140
Title:  02/26/05 13:55 - NS 140
Description:  NS Knoxville-Linwood train 140 is just barely moving as it attempts to crest the grade at aptly named Ridgecrest, NC. Soon the train will be over the Eastern Continental Divide and will be dropping down through the Loops toward Old Fort.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:47:58 AM
Location:  Stoney Gardens (subd, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8939(C40-9W)
Views:  708   Comments: 1
02/26/05 12:24 - NS 166
Title:  02/26/05 12:24 - NS 166
Description:  NS 134 passes through downtown Old Fort. The depot here is being restored for proposed future North Carolina state passenger train service.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:48:38 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9408(C40-9W)
Views:  624   Comments: 0
02/26/05 11:59 - NS 73R
Title:  02/26/05 11:59 - NS 73R
Description:  The Belmont hopper train 73R makes a noisy and dramatic entrance into Ridgecrest, NC. The train is exiting Swannanoa Tunnel and crossing the Eastern Continental Divide. It's all downhill from here into Asheville.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 12:30:03 PM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8968(C40-9W)
Views:  759   Comments: 4
02/26/05 09:03AM - NS 750
Title:  02/26/05 09:03AM - NS 750
Description:  An NS "white brow" Dash-9 needs a bath as it leads eastbound Belmont Coal Train 750 past the signals at the MP S-20. This location is along Highway 70 east of Statesville.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:49:56 AM
Location:  Statesville, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9805(C40-9W)
Views:  733   Comments: 0
02/26/05 13:32 - NS 784
Title:  02/26/05 13:32 - NS 784
Description:  The first half of a CP&L coal train bound for Skyland, NC, departs Asheville. The crew is passing through Biltmore and will soon be heading "south" to the old Asheville & Spartanburg route known for its famous, though now dormant, Saluda Grade.
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 11:50:28 AM
Location:  Biltmore, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9233(C40-9W)
Views:  770   Comments: 0
02/26/05 09:40 - WC 7531 on NS 134
Title:  02/26/05 09:40 - WC 7531 on NS 134
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/26/2005  Upload Date: 2/27/2005 2:29:42 PM
Location:  Statesville, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  WC 7531(SD45)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
P64 on McNess Lead
Title:  P64 on McNess Lead
Description:  A very unlikely set of power idles on the McNess Lead at MP S-20 as P64 awaits the passage of eastbound 166.
Photo Date:  3/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:41:44 PM
Location:  Statesville, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9001(SD40-2F) CP 9009(SD40-2F) CP 5805(SD40-2)
Views:  1264   Comments: 2
NS 166 at MP S-20
Title:  NS 166 at MP S-20
Description:  The early morning sun lights up eastbound 166 as the head end splits the signals at the MP S-20 east of Statesville.
Photo Date:  3/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:42:21 PM
Location:  Statesville, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9360(C40-9W)
Views:  624   Comments: 1
NS P61 passes Majolica
Title:  NS P61 passes Majolica
Description:  NS P61 exits the westbound yard limits and enters Track Warrant Control territory at Majolica. The crew will head west to work at Fiberton (former Kosa plant), Barber, and Statesville before returning to Linwood.
Photo Date:  3/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:48:09 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9383(C40-9W)
Views:  584   Comments: 0
NS P64 at MP S-20
Title:  NS P64 at MP S-20
Description:  With 166 out of the way, the trio of CP units pulls local P64 off the McNess Lead. The Conductor Trainee hangs out on the front porch of CP 9001 as it pulls through the properly lined split-rail derail protecting the mainline.
Photo Date:  3/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:42:54 PM
Location:  Statesville, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 9001(SD40-2F)
Views:  855   Comments: 0
P64 pausing to pickup 140
Title:  P64 pausing to pickup 140
Description:  There's a lot of work to do at Barber this morning. P64 will pick up the power off 140 out of the siding, double to the covered hoppers in the track to the left of the mainline, get back to their own train on the main, and then pickup all of 140's train before heading east.
Photo Date:  3/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:45:04 PM
Location:  Barber, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  CP 9001(SD40-2F) BNSF 5347(C44-9W)
Views:  1176   Comments: 0
NS P64 passing Shaver Wood Products
Title:  NS P64 passing Shaver Wood Products
Description:  The competition gets a load of chips as P64 passes Shaver Wood Products just east of Elmwood. P64's crew has just set off some TBOX box cars at Wareshouse for Paint a few carlengths west of this location.
Photo Date:  3/20/2005  Upload Date: 3/21/2005 10:43:24 PM
Location:  Elmwood, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  CP 9001(SD40-2F)
Views:  918   Comments: 0
CNW 8572 leads NS 135
Title:  CNW 8572 leads NS 135
Description:  Though not a pretty day for pictures, Easter Sunday brought a treat for fans along the S-Line. Unpatched C40-8 CNW8572, a rare find in 2005, leads NS 135 through the mist and past the Sperry Car at the west end of Claremont.
Photo Date:  3/27/2005  Upload Date: 3/27/2005 9:47:54 PM
Location:  Claremont, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  CNW 8572(C41-8)
Views:  717   Comments: 2
NS 135
Title:  NS 135
Description:  A CSX SD60M leads NS westbound 135 through the connection at Salisbury. Storm clouds and sunlight typify the varying weather for the day, which ranged from sunshine to hail storms.
Photo Date:  4/2/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:16:09 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CSX 8765(SD60M)
Views:  839   Comments: 0
NS 135
Title:  NS 135
Description:  NS 135 is above Andrews Geyser, approaching High Fill in the Southern Loops.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:12:28 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 6606(SD60)
Views:  580   Comments: 0
NS 135
Title:  NS 135
Description:  Primer NS 9965 leads westbound 135 out of Swannanoa Tunnel at Ridgecrest, NC.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:12:51 PM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9965(C40-9W)
Views:  632   Comments: 1
NS 135
Title:  NS 135
Description:  Primer 9965 is all up in our face passing the Ridgecrest station sign.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:15:42 PM
Location:  Ridgecrest, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9965(C40-9W)
Views:  463   Comments: 0
NS 135 climbing through Round Knob
Title:  NS 135 climbing through Round Knob
Description:  Westbound 135 climbs above Andrews Geyser at Round Knob. The train will soon cross High Fill and then head in the opposite compass direction on the hillside just above the trailing unit.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/4/2005 12:14:55 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9865(C40-9W)
Views:  656   Comments: 0
NS 140
Title:  NS 140
Description:  An eastbound NS 140/NS 134 combo with a mixed bag of power crosses Mill Creek Road near Coleman. They'll soon meet westbound 135, which is locked up in the siding at Coleman.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:16:34 PM
Location:  Coleman, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8685(C39-8E)
Views:  600   Comments: 0
NS 166
Title:  NS 166
Description:  It's a sunny but extremely spring day as NS 166 descends Blue Ridge Mountain into Old Fort. Higher elevations got dumped with snow overnight, as seen on the mountaintop in the background.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:17:28 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9857(C40-9W)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
NS 166
Title:  NS 166
Description:  Clean Dash-9 9857 leads NS 166 across Mill Creek Road just west of Dendron. The crew has had an eventful trip down the mountain, having plowed through a downed tree at Graphite a few miles uphill from this location. Heavy winds wreaked havoc with this portion of the railroad.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:17:00 PM
Location:  Dendron, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9857(C40-9W)
Views:  547   Comments: 1
NS 166
Title:  NS 166
Description:  NS 166 enters downtown Old Fort and prepares to meet westbond empty hopper train 73R.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:17:54 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9857(C40-9W)
Views:  465   Comments: 0
NS 166
Title:  NS 166
Description:  NS 166 crosses Mill Creek and curves toward downtown Old Fort.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:18:27 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9857(C40-9W)
Views:  461   Comments: 0
NS 73R
Title:  NS 73R
Description:  SD70 2544 leads westbound 73R past what is left of downtown Connelly Springs, NC, located 68 rail miles west of Salisbury.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/4/2005 10:09:42 PM
Location:  Connelly Springs, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 2544(SD70)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
NS 73R
Title:  NS 73R
Description:  Westbound hopper train 73R pulls away from Greenlee, NC, after waiting nearly an hour for track crews to remove a fallen tree from the mainline. The crew of 73R will encounter more downed trees about 13 miles west of here at Graphite.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:11:27 PM
Location:  Greenlee, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 2544(SD70)
Views:  539   Comments: 0
NS 73R
Title:  NS 73R
Description:  Westbound empty train 73R passes through downtown Old Fort on a very windy spring day. It looks like Mother Nature has taken her toll on the crossing gate here.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:12:05 PM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 2544(SD70)
Views:  785   Comments: 0
Dark and rusty
Title:  Dark and rusty
Description:  The steepest standard grade mainline railway grade in the US lies dormant as the sun begins to set on this April 2005 evening. Seventeen years ago I stood here in awe with my father as I watched my first Belmont Coal Train descend into Melrose. Will it ever happen again?
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:19:34 PM
Location:  Melrose, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  825   Comments: 6
Rusting rails
Title:  Rusting rails
Description:  Eastbounds descending Saluda had to occupy a timing circuit for a required amount of time before the safety track switch at Melrose would line for the mainline. Today the switch is lined for the main, but the rusted rails, weakening ties, and dark signals remind us that there hasn't been a train through here in years.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:20:10 PM
Location:  Melrose, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives: 
Views:  757   Comments: 0
NS P64
Title:  NS P64
Description:  Yes, it's an NS train, but today Oyama-Linwood local P64 is powered by a pair of CSX AC's.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:19:09 PM
Location:  Statesville, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  CSX 79(AC44CW)
Views:  747   Comments: 1
Disabled crossing signals
Title:  Disabled crossing signals
Description:  Saluda is no longer a railroad town, as the rails that once made it famous have been dormant for half a decade now. The crossing signals that once protected Greenville Street are now bagged and partially dismantled.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:20:43 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives: 
Views:  1136   Comments: 3
Saluda Grade historical marker
Title:  Saluda Grade historical marker
Description:  North Carolina historical marker O73 tells only part of the story. The rails dropping down the hill east of here were legendary, but now they lie dormant.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:21:10 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Views:  668   Comments: 3
Stop Board No. 1
Title:  Stop Board No. 1
Description:  A pine tree blocks the passing siding just west of Stop Board No. 1 at Saluda. Trains would stop between here and Stop Board No. 2 toward the east end of the siding to turn up retainers before descending Saluda Grade.
Photo Date:  4/3/2005  Upload Date: 4/3/2005 11:21:35 PM
Location:  Saluda, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives: 
Views:  1070   Comments: 2
NS 134
Title:  NS 134
Description:  NS 134 descends the Loops at Andrews Geyser. The tracks make a complete horseshoe curve around the geyser.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:05:29 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9559(C40-9W)
Views:  568   Comments: 4
NS 134
Title:  NS 134
Description:  NS 134 is just underway as it negotiates the crossover at Biltmore. The W-Line, famous for now idle Saluda Hill, is the track on the left. NS 134 is on the S-Line heading to Salisbury.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 9:54:41 AM
Location:  Biltmore, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9559(C40-9W)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
NS 134
Title:  NS 134
Description:  NS 134 approaches MP S120 and Jarrett's Tunnel at Coleman.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:04:27 AM
Location:  Coleman, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9559(C40-9W)
Views:  458   Comments: 0
NS 134
Title:  NS 134
Description:  NS 134 passes the former location of the Dendron passing siding.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:06:21 AM
Location:  Dendron, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9559(C40-9W)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
NS 134
Title:  NS 134
Description:  NS 134 rolls through the S-curve near MP S113 just west of Old Fort.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:06:45 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 9559(C40-9W)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
NS 139
Title:  NS 139
Description:  NS 139, with a GATX Rail GP38-2 in the lead, passes Dendron.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:09:20 AM
Location:  Dendron, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2614(GP38-2)
Views:  617   Comments: 1
NS 139
Title:  NS 139
Description:  NS 139, with a GMTX GP38-2 and a Montana Rail Link SD45-2 leading two NS Geeps, waits at Old Fort from NS 134.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:08:35 AM
Location:  Old Fort, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  GMTX 2614(GP38-2)
Views:  607   Comments: 0
NS 140
Title:  NS 140
Description:  NS 140 is now on the lower level at Dendron, NC, in a view taken from High Fill.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:10:17 AM
Location:  Dendron, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 6516(SD50)
Views:  616   Comments: 0
NS 140
Title:  NS 140
Description:  NS 140 is passing over High Fill above Dendron. In just a few minutes, they'll be on the lower level track in the foreground.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:50:09 AM
Location:  Dendron, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 6516(SD50)
Views:  884   Comments: 4
NS 73R
Title:  NS 73R
Description:  NS hopper train 73R is crossing over the Clinchfield Railroad route at Clinchcross, NC. A spring storm had just dumped heavy rain on the area, causing some delays for 73R and 135.
Photo Date:  5/14/2005  Upload Date: 5/15/2005 10:14:10 AM
Location:  Marion, NC
Author:  Marcus Neubacher
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Locomotives:  NS 8602(C39-8)
Views:  403   Comments: 0


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