Category: Norfolk Southern

The Norfolk Southern Railway was created as a result of the 1982 merger of the two mid-Atlantic powerhouses Norfolk & Western Railroad, and the Southern Railway. Norfolk Southern now reaches into the northeast, along with competitor CSX Transportation, and is a major player east of the Mississippi, as one of two Class 1 railroads (CSX being the other) operating in this region.

Union Pacific units pass through Allentown, Pa.

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No, this is not an image from Chicago, nor Memphis, nor Birmingham; surprisingly, this is Allentown, Pennsylvania, on the Norfolk Southern (ex-Conrail) Lehigh Line. On this beautiful day before Easter Sunday in the northeast, the colors are indeed ‘in bloom’, as at least four grey and yellow Union Pacific units will pass through Allentown on this warm spring day.

Here at the west end of Allentown Yard at CP BURN we have NS train 19G with UP 5255 (AC45CCTE) and UP 4799 (SD70M) waiting on the conductor to climb aboard & head west, and NS train 11J with NS 9669 (C40-9W) and NS 9029 (C40-9W) slowing to a stop for a recrew. The van will arrive within minutes with both the 19G conductor and the new 11J crew; with it’s empty auto-rack consist, 11J will get the nod first, followed by the lengthy and slower moving 19G.

Image recorded April 3, 2010.

Union Pacific trains pass through Allentown on Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line

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Norfolk Southern train 212 speeds through Manville, NJ

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Norfolk Southern train 212 speeds through Manville, NJ, on the busy NS Lehigh Line, behind a lead locomotive very familiar with this area. NS 8446 is former Conrail 750, a GE C40-8W, looking good in her new livery and working today with NS 8947 (C40-9W) and NS 7533 (ES40DC). With a sizable consist of new autos and intermodal freight, this train is destined for the NS Croxton Yard in Secaucus, NJ, a little over an hour east of this location.

Image recorded April 3, 2010.

Norfolk Southern train 212 speeds through Manville, NJ

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Norfolk Southern train sweeps past old Bethlehem Steel mill

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On a spectacular early spring day, with temperatures in the mid 70’s, Norfolk Southern train 213 negotiates the long, sweeping S-curve past the remnants of the old Bethlehem Steel steel mill in Bethlehem, Pa., on the NS Lehigh Line.

Adding a bit of color to this Easter weekends festivities are Union Pacific locomotives 7732 (GE AC45CCTE) and 3913 (EMD SD70M) assisting NS 9478 (GE C40-9W) in their journey across eastern Pennsylvania.

Image recorded April 3, 2010.

Norfolk Southern train sweeps past old Bethlehem Steel steel mill

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Modern science: Norfolk Southern research car gathers data

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On a beautiful fall night in Norfolk Southern’s Croxton Yard in Secaucus, NJ, two General Electric C40-9W locomotives (9395 & 9517) bracket Norfolk Southern Research car 32, in between mainline assignments. This unique consist came in earlier today, and would return west on the next days NS train 21M. NS Research car 32 measures locomotive adhesion rates and freight car dynamics, in addition to track gauge, track wear in relation to new rail, and track elevation. This ‘modern science’ at work is why Norfolk Southern is one of the safest and most efficient Class 1 railroads in America.

Image recorded by Anthony Paci on October 1, 2009.

Modern science - Norfolk Southern research car gathers train data

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Western visitor shines in Bound Brook’s late winter sun

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Foreign power has been common on Norfolk Southern movements in New Jersey in this cold and snowy winter of ’09/’10. With the white stuff finally melting away just last week, a western visitor shines in the late winter sun on the NS Lehigh Line, as UP 7884 (ES44AC, blt 3/08) is on the point of NS 212, seen passing the New Jersey Transit Bound Brook passenger station. This train is traversing the last miles of its journey, with Croxton Yard in Secaucus, NJ, less than a hour away.

Image recorded March 6, 2010.

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