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NS 265 heads west just outside Waterloo with some of the most bizarre trio of power, especially on an intermodal. The original power set went east on 264, with Nickel Plate Road heritage unit NS 8100 leading. In the northeast, a CSX SD40-2 was tacked on as the leader. After the power was spun to lead 265 back west, speculation began as the SD40 was expected to be pulled at Binghamton, NY. However, this never happened. A detour was also taking place, and this train ran on CSX trackage under X427, and the SD40 still led. Speculation continued and it was expected to be pulled in Buffalo, and then Cleveland, but it never happened. Even on NS trackage it stayed on. It's nice to see that even after the PSR purge, old EMD's are still more than capable of leading road freights.

A road slug and GP40-2 set head east through Auburn Junction on L378-10 as the sun sets to the west.

Two SD90MAC's lead the SAHW west near Soldberry under Tulip Road. Just undet 5 miles until hitting the famous Tulip Trestle. As of this posting, the 90MAC's will be replaced by former Norfolk Southern SD70M's. So time is ticking until the lease from CEFX will expire, and these rare breeds will be no more.

The Conrail heritage unit leads NS 12N east over the CP 358 diamond. Wanted to get this unit by these signals for some time, and thankfully I got the chance to head to Butler and get this shot.