NS H76 heads for the River Yard after a long delay at CP Bethlehem waiting for 294 and 21M to pass on the main. The train is led by a pair of clean SD40-2s one ex-BN and the other ex-CR.

A pair of SD40-2s leading an NS intermodal train would be rare in 2019. Things are not quite as they seem for H76. Earlier in the day this pair of SD40-2s brought a mix of general freight cars f... (more)

Hill to hill and top to bottom. On the cold but bright Saturday morning of Saturday, March 9, 2019, Norfolk Southern H76 crosses the Lehigh River under the Hill To Hill Bridge into the River Yard ... (more)

In what was a rare move for the first time in 8 months, H76 ventured up the NS Portland Secondary all the way to East Stroudsburg to collect 81 cars from Delaware Lackawanna, due to the Nav Aug Tu... (more)

H76 crosses from PA back into NJ. Once it gets back to Phillipsburg, it will cross back into PA.

Two SD40-2s lead 93 cars of interchange traffic from the Delaware Lackawanna back to Allentown.

H76 passes beneath Mt. Tammany on its way back to Allentown.

The power from NS H76 has tied on to the hind end of DL PT98. It will assist the train up to East Stroudsburg where they will disconnect and pick up their train. The Delaware Water Gap can be seen... (more)

Two NS SD40-2s run light to Slateford Jct where they will couple up to DL train PT97 and assist it West to East Stroudsburg. The abandoned DL&W cutoff can be seen in the background.

In a rare instance NS will venture up the DL. Today was one of those rare times, although it seems to be a recent switch up of interchange technique that NS will drop off their loads in Portland,... (more)

After coupling to its train, NS 8098 leads the second half of H76 north towards Portland.

NS 8098 and 2 other engines haul a heavy train up the Portland secondary. Once at Portland the train would interchange with the DL.

NS Allentown - Portland local H76 makes its way past the recently rehabilitated Martins Creek Yard with the Conrail heritage unit in charge

The Past Repeats Itself - Long gone are the days of big blue pulling 80+ car coal trains on the photogenic Portland Secondary to the Portland Power Plant. However, today (6/8/17) Conrail finally m... (more)

NS H76 heads up the former Lackawanna mainline to pick up cars at Slateford Junction. The viaduct overhead was built by the Lackawanna for the "cut-off" which cut time for the Lackawanna... (more)