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R&N 2102 leads the first foliage trip of 2024 through Millers Crossing Road back to Port Clinton.

NS 30N with the Norfolk & Western heritage unit leading snakes its way along Hickory Street in Warsaw.

NS 5323 is on point of 3 other EMD’s making speed pulling a long line of spine cars to storage north to Baker Siding. Seen here is 5323 making speed at Fishers Ferry a few miles from Sunbury.

NS 4822 sitting on the sidelines on its second stay in Binghamton

From my other post of NS 911 going thru Sunbury. Here’s a pan shot of 911 with 974 passing an old D&H Depot on the D&H Sunbury Line which is now a winery. I shot this winery since 2016. I usually try for new angles.

NS 974 with the NS First Responders Safety Train makes it way thru Sunbury, PA. This shot here shows the 911 passing one of the buildings in town (consist not seen) around 2:30am.

The train that brought people in droves to the Bluegrass state, B241-20 with CN 3115 leading, exits the tunnel at Sinks and rolls by an abandoned limestone quarry, on its trek to Corbin for a crew change, and later Tampa.

Shortly after its release from Altoona following a much needed repaint, NS' Virginia Railway Heritage Unit leads Intermodal 25A east on the B-Line towards Manassas, VA.

CSX's 8th heritage unit, dedicated to the New York Central, leads E900 into the yard in Peach Creek, WV. The unit hasn't been in service long at this point, as after its release from Waycross, it soon returned to the shops for another month. After riding the system paired with the Monon heritage, it had finally broken away and was running DKPX empties for Brice, NC.

With the sun finally breaking through for last light after a day of storms, empty potash train CSX B240-11 rolls through the small community of Rebecca, GA with a trio of CN motors hustling the long string of empties back to Chicago. Also of interest was the rotary Bone Valley phosphate hopper on the head end of the cars.

The full body paint “Spirit of our First Responders” unit paired with the New York Central heritage unit, one of CSX’s new heritage locomotives…this is what CSX railfans dream of!

UP 'Big Boy' 4014 gets up to steam over the Kankakee River in Monence after a service stop just north of the UP/NS diamond.

M422 rolls through the busy town of Gaithersburg, MD with 5 head end locomotives, with the leading 3 being EMD SD70AC’s. The parking garage adjacent to the tracks provided a great vantage point on this sunny Sunday evening.

UP 4014 glides through Agnew just before the US-30 overpass on its way to a scheduled stop in Sterling. The defect detector on the left had a mouthful after they passed.

As the day of rare CSX trains continued to deliver, M415 rounded the curve along the Potomac River with an all EMD lashup, including a rare SD23T4 trailing 3rd.

CNJ RS-3 1554, ICRR 2-8-0 790 and NS “Lackawanna” 1074 sit on display at Steamtown National Historic Site during Railfest 2024.

On its way to the Hialeah Terminal in Miami, FL, recently rebuilt Amtrak GP38-3 #747 trails 3rd on M409 and attracts plenty of railfans as it travels down the RF&P Subdivision.

CP 2204 west CPKC K42-30 M.P 220.3 Sheldon Subdivision Spencer IA

UP LNM34-03 Grinnell Iowa UP Oskaloosa Subdivision

One key characteristic of Roanoke is that it’s surrounded on all sides by mountain ranges which, if the contents of the yard weren’t good enough, only add to the quality of pictures taken from the drone.