NS #9934 leads train 135 at the top of the Old Fort Grade at Ridgecrest, NC.
NS #1074 passes through downtown Marion, NC on the point of NS train 135.
Easing by the scene of a traffic accident that came close to the track
NS 135 has just finished switching Oyama yard and now blasts through the town of Hickory, NC.
A railfan shoots video as NS 135 heads west along the NS S Line.
NS 135 leads a train up the steep grade through the loops near Old Fort, NC. In half a mile the train will finally reach flat ground as it continues on towards Asheville, NC.
Westbound 135 tackles the final stretch of the climb to the continental divide at Ridgecrest on a bleak fall afternoon in western North Carolina.
NS 7508 is the solo power for westbound manifest train 145