NS 201 knocks down the vintage CPLs at Sampson with a partially complete C6M leading.
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NS 201 knocks down the vintage CPLs at Sampson with a partially complete C6M leading.
Norfolk Southern intermodal train 27A passing a recently mowed field in White Post, Virginia on April 17, 2025.
Norfolk Southern intermodal train 27A passing a recently mowed field in White Post, Virginia on April 17, 2025.
Led by freshly rebuilt NS 4882, MOED/ED-5 is stepping out over the Connecticut River as they haul east to double their train into East Deerfield. While NS power isn't unusual to see on the Berkshire & Eastern, it is nice to get something other than one of the ever present SD60Es leading a train.
Norfolk Southern train 275 passing through White Post, Virginia under a dramatic sky on April 15, 2025.
Norfolk Southern train 275 passing through White Post, Virginia under a dramatic sky on April 15, 2025.
Norfolk Southern train 275 passing through White Post, Virginia under a dramatic sky on April 15, 2025.
Never really have taken a shot of any of these NS AC44C6M DC to AC conversion units before, even though they've been around for a while now.
One of almost half a dozen grain trains to run the Atlanta North District yesterday was a visitor to the line NS 54W. Here the train is following NS 44R on its way to Atlanta.
The Tennessee Alabama & Georgia heritage unit rumbles across the South Branch of the Raritan River on a quiet, foggy morning in Neshanic Station, NJ.
NS 21W:
NS 4851 AC44C6M
NS 4187 AC44C6M
In the 19th century, it was conventional wisdom that a rail line to the Canadian west north of Lake superior was an expensive folly that would not pay its way for a long time. Not only did it feature difficult terrain of rock, lakes, and muskeg, but it passed through a barren and largely unsettled region with little potential for traffic generation. This was a difficult proposition for a railway with an already tricky economic case.
Even when the Pacific Railway had began piecemeal construction under Alexander Mackenzie's Liberal government, the line north of Superior was not treated as a priority. But with the return of Sir John A. Macdonald's conservative government and its National Policy, the line gained renewed prominence as a politically essential all-Canadian line of communication from coast to coast.
It's construction was an incredibly long and expensive feat. The immense amount of rock blasting and filling of waterways and muskeg made progress difficult. The use of nitroglycerin also made construction even nore dangerous. The work would contribute to James Hill's departure from the CPR syndicate. After completion, equipping and upgrading the line also proved expensive.
Even in the 20th century, the economic viability of multiple routes north of Superior was not guaranteed. The cost of upkeep for both CN and CP influenced freight rates such that the western provinces advocated for and received a subsidy known as the "bridge subsidy" in 1948 to help offset maintenance costs. As late as the 1990s, the proposed eastern merger of CP and CN would have likely seen traffic consolidated onto one line across Ontario's north, presumed to be the CPR's route.
Today however, there is no shortage of traffic. A late VIA 185 for White River is seen held at Wayland. With two eastbounds to wait for, passenger were provided an opportunity to get some fresh air and stretch their legs. After CPKC 118 passed, the train was once again underway.
Mile 27.7
CPKC White River Subdivision
2024/07/20
Norfolk Southern intermodal train 25A passing the former Norfolk & Western depot at Boyce, Virginia on the fine Palm Sunday afternoon of April 13, 2025. Just ahead, however: a blown turbocharger and the 4211 will have to be set off at the Virginia Inland Port, a few miles to the south.
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BNSF 7722, BNSF 7411, BNSF 7975, FXE 4025, BNSF 1914, FXE 4880, FXE 4938, FXE 4939, FXE 4934, FXE 4936, FXE 4891 & FXE 4903
BNSF 1914
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BNSF 7722, BNSF 7411, BNSF 7975, FXE 4025, BNSF 1914, FXE 4880, FXE 4938, FXE 4939, FXE 4934, FXE 4936, FXE 4891 & FXE 4903
BNSF 1914
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FXE 4903
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FXE 4903
ex: NS 3967, CEFX 1028