On a very nice first of September NS 951 rolls along Turtle Creek and past Pitcairn yard, with a stop at Conway in the near future.

A returning OCS deadhead move meets the research train at CP 86 in Ravenna, Ohio. The test train, running as a BR61, would follow the OCS and a mail train east to Alliance.

Moving right along at a good 50 MPH and in run 8, the NS F units parallel the Metra Electric and South Shore Electric Districts, just south of Hyde Park.

Looking great in the morning sunlight, Norfolk Southern's classy covered wagons head east through La Grange, passing under the old BN Main in the background.

The NS F9s lead a special train through Franklin Park, heading for Bensenville.

NS's 951 inspection train and a CP 330 train parallel each other through Franklin Park, IL.

The NS Office Car Special makes it's way into Bellevue Yard, where it'll receive a new crew to take it down to Columbus and beyond.

The Office Car Special presses west on the Chicago Line in the face of a good Ohio rainstorm, the heaviest of the day's rain.

On a misty morning, the NS OCS sneaks downhill on track 2 over one of PRR's more famous viaducts: Big Viaduct...

NS 956 is on the last stretch of the 2nd District as it passes under the signal bridge at Oakdale, with a new crew on board; the ABBA set of F9’s will sprint down the 3rd District into Chattanoo... (more)

In lengthening shadows, a southbound OCS deadhead move races towards Birmingham.

All four NS F-units lead a deadhead OCS move to Birmingham, AL, seen here passing through the beautiful countryside just south of Chattanooga. Covenant College, a local landmark, can be seen in th... (more)

The NS Office Car Special makes a deadhead move through the cornfields of Ohio, seen on the connection track at GC Interlocking in Vermilion.

NS's coveted F units haul a deadhead move of four cars through the GC Connection in Vermilion. Once on the NKP, the train will head to Bellevue, and then depart southbound for its final destinati... (more)