Trains on The NS Piedmont Division(11-25-03)

[jdrtrainwatcher]

NS-173:
LMS C40-8W #8452 ,:wink:
BNSF C44-9W #5294(heritage 2), :)
NS C40-9W #9110.

NS-212:
ATSF C40-8W #823(warbonnet/BNSF initials under cab) ,:D
NS C40-9W #9254(25th Anniversary Operation Lifesaver) ,8)
NS C40-9W #9294.

NS-204:
UP AC400CW #6499, :wink:
NS SD60 #6663 :) .

NS-172(Train of the CENTURY!) 8) :wink: :
UP SD40-2 #3493 :lol: ,
**MRL SD40-2 #258 :shock: **,
ATSF SD40-2 #6897(bluebonnet/BNSF initials under cab) :roll: ,
BNSF SD40-2 #6734(heritage 1) :D ,
UP C41-8W #9408 :P ,
NS C40-9W #9206 :x ,
NS C40-9W #9422 :evil: .
:cry: NS just had top put some "catfish on it to ruin the"perfect lashup.

NS-337:
UP SD70M #4541(wings) :) ,
UP SD70M #4704(wings) 8) .

NS-155(This is thonly train that didn't have a foreign,and a NS leader):
NS SD60 #6573, :wink:
NS C40-9W :( ,
NS C39-8 :P .

*note* all of the emoticons represent my feelings about the engines they are beside!

[Guilford350]

Nice report! Nice use of the smilies, too! :D

[E.M. Bell]

looks like the NS provides as much western power there as they do here in KY. Personaly, I and sick and tired of UP SD70m's and BNSF D9's, it seems like every other train through here has one of those for a leader...now, anything that Santa FE Red and silver (or yellow and blue) is a decent catch...and we to where treated to a MRL SD45 running in the area back in the summer. I made a trip all the way to Oakdale TN to chase the NS 284 back North, with a MRL leader...

good report!!

[jdrtrainwatcher]

I know what you mean,about the only thing "foreign"thayt ever runs through here is UP SD70M's.But,you have to look at this way:I would rather see a UP SD70M or a BNSF C44-9W than a NS "trash 9 garbage cab",i mean a "catfish", NS C40-9W.Don't you think the same thing?