The NS safety train is positioned for Louisville Kentucky first responders for training.

NS Safety First Responders Train sits at NS Olivers Yard to help train SBFD and area Volunteer Fire Depts.

The NS "Training First Responders" Operational Awareness and Response Safety Train heads west on the Norfolk Southern Lehigh Line to its next safety stop after spending a few weeks in the New Jers... (more)

The NS V79 with 2 EMD GP38-2's, NS 5642 "Training First Responders", NS 5198 and N&W caboose 518600, head north over a heavily flooded Mayo River.

Red on red. The Norfolk Southern Corp OAR Train recently spent several days at the New Orleans Public Belt to teach HazMat safety to area railroaders and emergency responders. On the morning of Th... (more)

The Training First Responders train rolls across Wells Viaduct near Toccoa, Georgia on a lovely October afternoon.

Norfolk Southern's Training First Responders trainset passes the yard office as it pulls into Reading Yard.

Norfolk Southern's Training First Responders trainset passes CP Bethlehem on its way from Croxton to Reading.

In the shadow of the Freedom Tower. @norfolksouthern Operation Awareness and Response (OAR) Training travels around the system offering classes to first responders, railroaders, and others who mig... (more)

Moving to the next assignment. Norfolk Southern 974 was the symbol for the OAR (Operation Awareness & Response) Train with 5642 (GP38-2, Training First Responders) and its eight cars moving from i... (more)

Using trackage rights to return to home rails, the Norfolk Southern Operations, Awareness & Response Safety Train heads north across the North Fork of the Holston River just outside of Kingsport. ... (more)

Using CSX trackage rights for Carter Yard in Downtown Kingsport, The First Responder's train sets on the far left siding surrounded by various freight cars.

Dark rain clouds threaten the crew as they spin the Norfolk Southern First Responder's Training locomotive on the turntable at Spencer, NC to get it put away before the next rain deluge.

After attending Norfolk Sothern's Operation Awareness and Response Training for First Responders, I took the opportunity to try a night shot of the nicely lit and painted 5642.

The NS Training First Responders unit leads a transfer run to Linwood yard crossing the Yadkin River at Spencer NC