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6/24/2025
 
 
 
 
 
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NS 159
Title:  NS 159
Description:  NS 159 grinds through Lexington with a veteran trio of SD40-2s leading the way. Nice to see these leading the GEs for a switch.
Photo Date:  1/19/2013  Upload Date: 1/21/2013 12:46:54 PM
Location:  Lexington, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 6130(SD40-2) NS 3203(SD40-2) NS 3371(SD40-2) NS 8896(C40-9W) NS 8392(C40-8W)
Views:  639   Comments: 1
NS 159
Title:  NS 159
Description:  NS 159 hustles through Thomasville on a hazy afternoon.
Photo Date:  8/9/2013  Upload Date: 8/9/2013 8:23:19 PM
Location:  Thomasville, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8897(C40-9W)
Views:  237   Comments: 0
NS 66E
Title:  NS 66E
Description:  66E awaits his crew change at Salisbury. The old Southern Rwy. signal will soon be replaced by the newer "Darth Vader" signals.
Photo Date:  10/21/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 10:35:28 AM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8899(C40-9W)
Views:  843   Comments: 0
NS 166
Title:  NS 166
Description:  In the last light of day, NS 166 rounds the curve with a catfish leading a nice pair of CEFX "bluebird" SD40-2s.
Photo Date:  9/11/2007  Upload Date: 11/24/2012 1:40:51 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8904(C40-9W) CEFX 3161(SD40-2) CEFX 6935(SD40-2)
Views:  1033   Comments: 0
NS 213
Title:  NS 213
Description:  The Sunday edition of 213 wasted no time swapping crews at Duke as they are just underway, rolling southbound across the Yadkin River.
Photo Date:  6/10/2007  Upload Date: 6/11/2007 8:42:55 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8908(C40-9W) NS 8604(C39-8) NS 5436(SD50)
Views:  1105   Comments: 0
NS 787
Title:  NS 787
Description:  An empty Wateree coal train heads west at Salisbury with an unusual Dash 9/SD40-2 pair on the lead.
Photo Date:  7/12/2013  Upload Date: 7/12/2013 9:20:13 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8919(C40-9W) NS 3423(SD40-2)
Views:  227   Comments: 0
NS 214
Title:  NS 214
Description:  NS 214 is gliding on wet rails as catfish lead this red hot morning intermodal through Kannapolis in a downpour.
Photo Date:  7/23/2006  Upload Date: 10/9/2006 5:14:18 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8920(C40-9W)
Views:  843   Comments: 0
NS 213
Title:  NS 213
Description:  A tardy 213 blazes south through Kannapolis with an increasingly rare set of SD60s in command.
Photo Date:  11/29/2012  Upload Date: 12/2/2012 10:04:26 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 6697(SD60) NS 6647(SD60) NS 8940(C40-9W)
Views:  356   Comments: 1
NS 158
Title:  NS 158
Description:  NS 158 departs Linwood under grey skies as standard and widecab GE's lead the way.
Photo Date:  9/23/2006  Upload Date: 9/23/2006 7:02:05 PM
Location:  Linwood, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8772(C40-9) NS 8942(C40-9W) NS 8843(C40-9)
Views:  1548   Comments: 0
NS 158
Title:  NS 158
Description:  158 chugs out of Linwood with two big catfish leading a horsehead GP38-2.
Photo Date:  9/8/2007  Upload Date: 9/8/2007 10:41:47 PM
Location:  Lexington, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8942(C40-9W)
Views:  790   Comments: 0
NS 173
Title:  NS 173
Description:  NS 173 rolls up the hill with a catfish leading a Big Blue%SD60I and a C40-9.
Photo Date:  8/11/2006  Upload Date: 8/12/2006 12:31:36 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8943(C40-9W) NS 6752(SD60I) NS 8772(C40-9)
Views:  1509   Comments: 0
NS 128
Title:  NS 128
Description:  128 rumbles up the hill into downtown Lexington during a rainstorm.
Photo Date:  6/3/2007  Upload Date: 6/4/2007 4:28:35 PM
Location:  Lexington, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8943(C40-9W)
Views:  845   Comments: 0
NS 135
Title:  NS 135
Description:  NS 135 is off to a late start as he heads uphill with three big GEs in charge.
Photo Date:  2/21/2010  Upload Date: 2/22/2010 7:37:48 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8954(C40-9W) NS 9235(C40-9W) NS 7516(ES44DC)
Views:  430   Comments: 1
NS 135
Title:  NS 135
Description:  135 rolls up the hill at Five Row.
Photo Date:  9/23/2007  Upload Date: 9/24/2007 4:05:03 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8974(C40-9W)
Views:  663   Comments: 0
NS 129
Title:  NS 129
Description:  Danville District train 129 rolls around the curve at Duke to back into Linwood Yard.
Photo Date:  9/9/2007  Upload Date: 9/13/2007 7:50:11 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8976(C40-9W)
Views:  596   Comments: 0
NS 135
Title:  NS 135
Description:  Big Blue under blue skies as 535 rolls on to the S-Line at the Salisbury wye.
Photo Date:  10/14/2006  Upload Date: 10/14/2006 3:05:42 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8447(C40-8W) CEFX 7115(SD40-2) NS 8978(C40-9W) NS 9914(C40-9W) NS 9567(C40-9W)
Views:  1840   Comments: 1
NS 350
Title:  NS 350
Description:  A nice SD70 leads threefitty outta Linwood.
Photo Date:  11/11/2008  Upload Date: 11/11/2008 4:48:12 PM
Location:  Linwood, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 2546(SD70) NS 8999(C40-9W)
Views:  386   Comments: 0
NS 338
Title:  NS 338
Description:  NS SD60 #6689 and NS C40-9W #9000 are getting a 132 car long 338 back up to speed after meeting 213 just south of the new cantilever signal at Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  11/18/2006  Upload Date: 11/18/2006 8:28:39 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 6689(SD60) NS 9000(C40-9W)
Views:  959   Comments: 0
NS 119
Title:  NS 119
Description:  NS 119 passes through China Grove with five GE products in charge with the Conrail heritage ES44AC bringing up the rear.
Photo Date:  1/7/2013  Upload Date: 1/13/2013 1:16:25 PM
Location:  China Grove, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9000(C40-9W) NS 9145(C40-9W) NS 8399(C40-8W) NS 8019(ES44AC) NS 8098(ES44AC)
Views:  787   Comments: 2
NS 214
Title:  NS 214
Description:  A former HLCX SD60 of CNW and Union Pacific heritage adds a splash of color to train 214 as they roll northbound.
Photo Date:  6/13/2013  Upload Date: 6/13/2013 9:42:07 PM
Location:  Lexington, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9549(C40-9W) NS 6522(SD60) NS 9000(C40-9W)
Views:  476   Comments: 0
NS 128
Title:  NS 128
Description:  128 rumbles through Lexington with the usual mish-mash of power.
Photo Date:  5/12/2007  Upload Date: 5/15/2007 9:21:01 PM
Location:  Lexington, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9002(C40-9W)
Views:  792   Comments: 0
NS 338
Title:  NS 338
Description:  NS 338 rumbles through Kannapolis under a strange sky with a catfish on the point. The two Dash 9's on the train, #'s 9013 and 9004 have been assigned to 337/338 along with two other pairs of Dash 9's.
Photo Date:  1/12/2007  Upload Date: 1/12/2007 4:57:51 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9013(C40-9W) NS 9004(C40-9W) UP 4345(SD70M) NS 7576(ES40DC) NS 6618(SD60)
Views:  1545   Comments: 0
NS 337
Title:  NS 337
Description:  An early NS 337 streaks south through Kannapolis with the usual catfish leading.
Photo Date:  4/17/2007  Upload Date: 4/20/2007 6:29:44 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9004(C40-9W)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
NS 214
Title:  NS 214
Description:  214 glides through downtown KTown with an HLCX SD60 third behind a catfish and a rustbucket C40-8.
Photo Date:  4/28/2007  Upload Date: 4/29/2007 7:07:26 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9013(C40-9W)
Views:  647   Comments: 0
NS P84
Title:  NS P84
Description:  The short run from Pamona Yard in Greensboro is just about complete as P84 prepares to knock down the signal at Maybelle, about five miles north of Linwood.
Photo Date:  6/3/2007  Upload Date: 6/4/2007 4:29:07 PM
Location:  Lexington, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9014(C40-9W)
Views:  797   Comments: 0
CSX Q492
Title:  CSX Q492
Description:  Just like his counterpart, Q492 sports some nice leaser power on the lead as they pull over the Marks Creek Church Road crossing to double their train.
Photo Date:  10/5/2008  Upload Date: 11/4/2012 6:56:41 PM
Location:  Hamlet, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  HLCX 8180(SD40-2) CSX 9019(C40-9W)
Views:  676   Comments: 0
CSX Q135
Title:  CSX Q135
Description:  Hotshot westbound Q135 rolls through Montgomery on its way west through the Kanawha Valley.
Photo Date:  8/1/2013  Upload Date: 8/4/2013 11:37:05 PM
Location:  Montgomery, WV
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 9021(C40-9W)
Views:  241   Comments: 0
NS 128
Title:  NS 128
Description:  Later in the day, the sun brightened up for 128 as he takes down the outbound signal at Lee with three catfish and an GP60 up front.
Photo Date:  7/25/2007  Upload Date: 7/27/2007 11:09:05 AM
Location:  Linwood, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9030(C40-9W)
Views:  540   Comments: 0
CSXT 9038/NS 155
Title:  CSXT 9038/NS 155
Description:  CSX CW44-8 9038 leads NS 155 south through Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  7/1/2004  Upload Date: 4/6/2009 4:47:12 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  CSX 9038(C40-9W)
Views:  835   Comments: 0
NS 72R
Title:  NS 72R
Description:  72R rolls south at Salisbury with a trio of GE's leading.
Photo Date:  3/30/2007  Upload Date: 3/30/2007 8:06:22 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9045(C40-9W)
Views:  646   Comments: 1
NS 351
Title:  NS 351
Description:  UP wings lead a pack of NS thoroughbreds on 351 at Lexington.
Photo Date:  6/21/2008  Upload Date: 7/22/2008 1:08:06 AM
Location:  Lexington, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  UP 4572(SD70M) NS 9053(C40-9W) NS 5079(GP38-2) NS 3240(SD40-2) NS 3367(SD40-2)
Views:  1121   Comments: 0
NS 338
Title:  NS 338
Description:  All in all, its just another brick in the wall.... two more catfish on the point of 338.
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 7/21/2006 4:29:03 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9063(C40-9W)
Views:  795   Comments: 1
NS 786
Title:  NS 786
Description:  A loaded Wateree coal train passes some peaking fall foliage and the hangman's tree in downtown Kannapolis. Sort of rare to see a solid set of DC power on a coal train nowdays.
Photo Date:  11/13/2012  Upload Date: 11/20/2012 8:14:40 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9097(C40-9W)
Views:  238   Comments: 1
NS 119
Title:  NS 119
Description:  NS 119 passes the former Salisbury Ice and Fuel Company building, which served local residents with ice and coal for cooling and heating before we had the luxury of HVAC and modern refrigeration. For history on the company and it's practices, check out the article at http://wvncrails.weebly.com/salisbury-ice-and-fuel.html
Photo Date:  8/24/2013  Upload Date: 8/24/2013 9:42:23 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9098(C40-9W)
Views:  192   Comments: 0
NS 118
Title:  NS 118
Description:  A GE lead 118 slides past Five Row.
Photo Date:  6/23/2006  Upload Date: 6/26/2006 8:07:09 PM
Location:  Spencer, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9108(C40-9W) NS 8785(C40-9)
Views:  1295   Comments: 0
NS 155
Title:  NS 155
Description:  155 rolls south at Kannapolis with a catfish leading a rare SP AC4400 with a UP patch.
Photo Date:  3/13/2007  Upload Date: 3/13/2007 6:34:20 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9109(C40-9W) UP 6318(AC44CW)
Views:  911   Comments: 0
NS 156
Title:  NS 156
Description:  NS 156 passes through Kannapolis amidst a peaking tree and flower bushes.
Photo Date:  11/8/2012  Upload Date: 11/8/2012 4:46:42 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9110(C40-9W)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
NS 158
Title:  NS 158
Description:  NS 158 leaves Linwood with a NS Dash 9 leading a NS SD70.
Photo Date:  11/11/2008  Upload Date: 11/11/2008 4:47:18 PM
Location:  Linwood, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9117(C40-9W) NS 2503(SD70)
Views:  945   Comments: 1
NS 154
Title:  NS 154
Description:  NS 154 is stopped at Carolina Rubber behind 66E who is waiting for a crew change and NS 135 to clear.
Photo Date:  10/21/2006  Upload Date: 10/22/2006 10:36:28 AM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9754(C40-9W) BNSF 5435(C44-9W) NS 9132(C40-9W)
Views:  1198   Comments: 0
NS 173
Title:  NS 173
Description:  A monster 173 rumbles through downtown K-Town with GE's leading the charge south.
Photo Date:  4/13/2007  Upload Date: 4/14/2007 12:27:07 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9148(C40-9W)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
NS 204
Title:  NS 204
Description:  Yet again more GE's as a catfish leads an aging C39-8 and a brand spankin' new BNSF pumpkin on the point of 204.
Photo Date:  7/21/2006  Upload Date: 7/21/2006 4:28:11 PM
Location:  Landis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9152(C40-9W)
Views:  821   Comments: 0
NS 218
Title:  NS 218
Description:  NS 218 rumbles through downtown Reidsville, past the Edna crossovers on a hot and hazy June mornning.
Photo Date:  6/16/2007  Upload Date: 6/17/2007 11:01:44 AM
Location:  Reidsville, NC
Author: 
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Locomotives:  NS 9183(C40-9W)
Views:  725   Comments: 0
NS 217
Title:  NS 217
Description:  A rainy and cold December afternoon finds 217 highballing under the N&W CPL's, just west of the Bluefield yard.
Photo Date:  12/22/2006  Upload Date: 12/24/2006 6:13:15 PM
Location:  Bluefield, VA
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 8768(C40-9) NS 9200(C40-9W)
Views:  1047   Comments: 0
NS 119
Title:  NS 119
Description:  Big Blue leads 119 into the curve at Landis. As the date of the Conrail split grows farther into the past, units in Big Blue colors are becoming increasingly rare.
Photo Date:  11/18/2006  Upload Date: 11/18/2006 8:49:20 PM
Location:  Landis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 6752(SD60I) NS 9201(C40-9W)
Views:  923   Comments: 0
NS 214
Title:  NS 214
Description:  A catfish is in charge of a pair of GP60 thoroughbreds, one being in the whiteface OLS paint scheme, on the point of 214 racing into downtown Kannapolis.
Photo Date:  1/7/2007  Upload Date: 1/7/2007 10:13:53 AM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9210(C40-9W) NS 7140(GP60) NS 7118(GP60)
Views:  942   Comments: 1
NS 172
Title:  NS 172
Description:  172 nears the signal at Sugar Creek on a cool and overcast morning in the Queen City.
Photo Date:  12/30/2006  Upload Date: 12/30/2006 4:33:54 PM
Location:  Charlotte, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9216(C40-9W)
Views:  721   Comments: 0
NS 172
Title:  NS 172
Description:  A catfish leads three EMDs on the point of NS 172. This train will pause at North Kannapolis for Amtrak 74. Note the ex-BN SD70MAC running 3rd.
Photo Date:  8/17/2006  Upload Date: 8/17/2006 8:36:00 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9217(C40-9W) NS 2529(SD70) BNSF 9544(SD70MAC) NS 5183(GP38-2)
Views:  1511   Comments: 1
NS 172
Title:  NS 172
Description:  An early morning 172 is rockin' and rollin' by the Kannapolis Station under a Carolina Blue sky.
Photo Date:  7/10/2007  Upload Date: 7/10/2007 9:47:37 PM
Location:  Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9220(C40-9W)
Views:  591   Comments: 0
NS 172
Title:  NS 172
Description:  After Amtrak 74 clears the plant, NS 172 gets the green to proceed north with a trio of catfish and a Union Pacific SD70M on the point. Midtrain power consisted of an SD70 and a C40-9W.
Photo Date:  8/15/2006  Upload Date: 8/15/2006 9:40:45 PM
Location:  North Kannapolis, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9224(C40-9W)
Views:  941   Comments: 2
NS 213
Title:  NS 213
Description:  213 blazes south as P61 heads west onto the S Line.
Photo Date:  6/20/2007  Upload Date: 6/20/2007 6:02:48 PM
Location:  Salisbury, NC
Author:  Matthew Robie
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Locomotives:  NS 9240(C40-9W)
Views:  668   Comments: 0


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