Dash-9 #9040 leads NS 217 west in Shawsville, Va.
Eastbound out of Bristol moving on to Roanoke.
This train usually enters Montreal around 5-6 AM or slightly later. It came in about 1 PM on May 17th, with NS 9040 & NS 9474 leading. For more train photos, click more)
Southbound with eight engines on a very long train.
It was a pretty quiet morning on the Danville District, this mixed freight was all I saw over about an hour and a half.
Waiting for a crew and work
Southbound ballast empties swing around the Silver Lake "C" curve.
Check out those wild cab numbers on the 9040
NS 111 (9040) passes 236 (9107) at Perryville ST, Notice the zeros on the 9040, they are more square than round, dont know why, but they are!