Safety Training: Parked on a siding behind the old Virginian Railway station in south Roanoke, the NS First Responder Training consist looks pretty sharp.
Lots of Firsts:
NS 5642, the NS training first responders train, heads east of Roanoke in the early morning as the train pulls the brand NS Research Car NS 99 on its first test run toward Lynchbu... (more)
Norfolk Southern's Operation Awareness & and Response (OAR) safety train rolls past the former Purina tower in Marshall, Virginia eastbound on the NS B-Line. Today, the train is heading to Alexand... (more)
The catch of the day was 937, (Chattanooga, TN - Atlanta, GA) Training First Responders train with the 5642 GP38-2 solo. We waited here for about and hour and a half with golden sunlight fading aw... (more)
Running as NS 937, the Norfolk Southern’s OAR special, a specialty train that at select cities throughout the year is used to train first responders on how to respond to a train accident, heads ... (more)