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Norfolk Southerns “Thank a Railroader” locomotive passes a Christmas Tree Farm 2 days before Christmas.

During lunch, I went out to catch NS 224 in the rain as it had the latest heritage unit, the TA&G unit. This is their first AC44C6M heritage unit

NS 23G crossing Sandusky Bay. Cedar Point which is known as America's Roller Coast and Johnson Island on Sandusky Bay.

As the cloudless sky reflects on the undisturbed Susquehanna River, NS Autorack train 18N slowly navigates the Rockville Bridge as it prepares to enter Harrisburg, PA.

A NS Train passes by Fall Foliage in Appalachia.

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

NS 4822, named "Moving The Weight Of The World" in dedication to the NS employees, is seen leading the Reading Railroad heritage unit and the NS OCS fleet as it rolls through the small yard in Lexington, Ky. By dumb luck, we happened to be in Lexington for a few days for the National Mine Rescue Competition, and caught wind from my buddy Aiden Davis that this thing would be running. Even more so, upon a little railfan exploration, we found NS 911 tied down in the yard for local first responder training. Before heading home, we came back trackside and waited a good hour for the consist to roll through, framing a meet of many units of interest,

B241 train in Richmond, KY. Leading locomotive 3089 (pictured)

Words can’t describe how it felt to feel cold for the first time in months after a summer of record heat in Virginia, but this cool August morning in the heart of Appalachia allowed us to briefly escape the 80 and 90 degree temperatures.

Empty Limestone train 69Q winds through the New River Valley in Willowton, WV as it approaches the junction to the Princeton-Deepwater District.

Virginia Division Local V34 with Admiral Cab SD40-2 #3264 leading waits for Intermodal 277 to pass before following the train up the Christiansburg District.

Norfolk Southern’s new Railroader Appreciation unit, AC44C6M #4822, leads the Reading Lines heritage unit and 12 OCS cars on a deadhead move to Altoona, PA.

Despite the sun finally peeking through the clouds, light rain continued to fall as this short 13R came flying through White Post, VA.

As it often happens, clouds moved in right before the train passed and cleared after it was done. Nonetheless, I’ll take a decent drone picture of the first NS AC44C6M in any conditions.

As the sun settles, #4781 (AC44C6M) end dpu heads off at the rear of his train Eastbound to Atlanta GA Leader: #1141 (SD70ACe) Second in Lead: #7683 (D9-40CW)

Newly rebuilt AC44C6M #4798, rebuilt from D9-44CW #9643, leads Manifest 18W east on the NS Christiansburg District on one of its first trips on the open rails.

BNSF F-NS430D8-19N waits on the BN/NS joint line for a northbound CN to clear

Buddies and I planned a trip up north to visit the INER and the NS Chicago line photo is from Waterloo, Indiana photo taken on July 15th, 2024

A Ns Intermodal Train passses by Cleveland, Ohio

NS 19K with the new 'Moving the Weight of the World' unit leading blasts southbound towards Wabash and Decatur as it rolls by the CereServ grain elevator near Leesburg.