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May 22, 2009 |
| Description: |
In the west end of the Asheville, NC, NS yard, a pair of GP38-2s build a train for Canton, NC, while a track inspector runs the eastbound main. |
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5/22/2009 Upload Date: 12/27/2009 3:30:24 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5559(GP38-2) NS 5554(GP38-2) |
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1364 Comments: 0 |
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July 2, 2009 |
| Description: |
A pair of westbound GPs blast through Sylva at 10 mph while my wife Jann watches. They are just a few hundred feet from the Southern Concrete Products plant where they will couple to empty sand hoppers and return to Canton, NC. Just beyond the SCM plant is the interchange for the Great Smokey Mountain Railroad. |
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7/2/2009 Upload Date: 12/27/2009 5:00:18 PM |
| Location: |
Sylva, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 7083(GP50) |
| Views: |
1068 Comments: 4 |
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September 13, 2009: Train 134 |
| Description: |
NS eastbound train 134 roars through Marshall, NC, on an otherwise quiet and sunny Sunday morning. |
| Photo Date: |
9/13/2009 Upload Date: 12/14/2009 1:08:14 PM |
| Location: |
Marshall, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Roster,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9913(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
406 Comments: 1 |
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Dec 16, 2009. Grain train |
| Description: |
NS eastbound grain train 40A crosses the French Broad River at Ivy, 2 1/2 miles east of Marshall |
| Photo Date: |
12/16/2009 Upload Date: 12/16/2009 6:30:15 PM |
| Location: |
Marshall, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9912(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
677 Comments: 4 |
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Dec 20, 2009: NS 9844 |
| Description: |
Dec 20, 2009: Eastbound empty wood chip train entering Biltmore. |
| Photo Date: |
12/20/2009 Upload Date: 12/14/2009 11:35:40 AM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9844(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
517 Comments: 1 |
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Jan 2, 2010: Train P31 |
| Description: |
NS train P31 crosses Louisiana Avenue in the Emma community minutes after leaving Norfolk Southern's Asheville yard. It's run ends about 20 miles west in Canton. The daily train's cargo is mixed freight consisting of mainly wood chips for the Evergreen Packaging paper plant in Canton. Today is bright and sunny, with a temperature of about 25 with a wind chill of about 10. |
| Photo Date: |
1/2/2010 Upload Date: 1/13/2010 5:24:43 AM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8374(C40-8W) NS 9071(C40-9W) UP 4155(SD70M) |
| Views: |
596 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
Jan 12, 2010: Train 134 |
| Description: |
The only bright spots in this picture are the headlights of NS 9501 as it brings eastbound 134 into Asheville on a cloudy, windy, and snowy day. |
| Photo Date: |
1/12/2010 Upload Date: 1/13/2010 4:55:48 AM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Winter,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9501(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
257 Comments: 0 |
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Jan 14, 2010: NS Canton yard |
| Description: |
A mix of EMD and GE 4-axle yard and local power sits next to the NS yard office at the Evergreen Packaging plant in Canton. |
| Photo Date: |
1/14/2010 Upload Date: 1/17/2010 7:01:47 PM |
| Location: |
Canton, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5566(GP38-2) NS 3529(B32-8) NS 3528(B32-8) NS 7115(GP60) |
| Views: |
873 Comments: 1 |
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Jan 19, 2010: Run-around |
| Description: |
NS local PA-01 runs around an empty LPG spacer and an empty covered hopper after switching plastic pellet hoppers at the Silverline Plastics pipe plant. The plant, about 3 miles north of the Asheville NS yard, is the only customer left on the old Southern Craggy line which once extended to Merrimon Avenue in Woodfin. This local run is made three time a week. |
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1/19/2010 Upload Date: 1/20/2010 3:46:58 PM |
| Location: |
Woodfin, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 2381(MP15DC) |
| Views: |
1128 Comments: 3 |
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| Title: |
Jan 19, 2010: Returning to Asheville |
| Description: |
Local PA-01 starts the return to Asheville after swapping pellet cars at the Silverline Plastics pipe plant in Woodfin, NC. The silos in the background are for the storage of the plastic pellets. The plant is about 3 miles north of the Asheville yard, and is the only industry left on the old Craggy line. This run is made three times a week. |
| Photo Date: |
1/19/2010 Upload Date: 1/20/2010 3:41:57 PM |
| Location: |
Woodfin, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Track,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 2381(MP15DC) |
| Views: |
1070 Comments: 4 |
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| Title: |
Jan 21, 2010: NS 6792 |
| Description: |
Westbound NS train 165 passes through Marion, NC, on a rainy day |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/2010 Upload Date: 1/31/2010 8:28:25 AM |
| Location: |
Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6792(SD60M) |
| Views: |
301 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Jan 21, 2010: Train 134 in the fog |
| Description: |
Eastbound NS train 134 about to enter the Swannanoa Tunnel as the run starts down the loops into Old Fort on a foggy and rainly day |
| Photo Date: |
1/21/2010 Upload Date: 1/31/2010 8:31:57 AM |
| Location: |
Ridgecrest, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8440(C40-8W) |
| Views: |
291 Comments: 1 |
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| Title: |
March 21, 2010: Train 134 |
| Description: |
Eastbound NS train 134 crosses Stoner Road just after leaving the Asheville yard |
| Photo Date: |
3/21/2010 Upload Date: 3/24/2010 7:22:29 AM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9001(C40-9W) NS 9126(C40-9W) NS 9231(C40-9W) NS 5191(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
459 Comments: 0 |
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Mar 23, 2010: Great Smoky Mountains Railroad |
| Description: |
Great Smokey Mountains Railroad 1755 has just dropped 3 empty grain cars from the P & R Farms feed mill in Andrews, NC, at the interchange point with the NS Railroad. The locomotive is now on the main track and facing towards the home shops in Dillsboro. The conductor is getting ready to re-align the crossover switch on the siding. |
| Photo Date: |
3/23/2010 Upload Date: 3/24/2010 7:46:21 AM |
| Location: |
Sylva, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GSMR 1755(GP9) |
| Views: |
844 Comments: 5 |
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| Title: |
Mar 26, 2010: NS Canton yard |
| Description: |
Power stationed at the Canton, NC, NS yard is shut down for the day. This includes 4 engines for the P31 daily run to Asheville, and the P59 local to Waynesville and Sylva. |
| Photo Date: |
3/26/2010 Upload Date: 3/27/2010 9:04:02 AM |
| Location: |
Canton, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6121(SD40-2) NS 3214(SD40-2) NS 3541(B32-8) NS 3532(B32-8) NS 3530(B32-8) NS 5559(GP38-2) |
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869 Comments: 0 |
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April 5, 2010: Great Smoky Mountains Railroad |
| Description: |
Great Smoky Mountains Railroad 777 backs into the NS/GSMR interchange point next to Harold Street at the Jackson Paper Products plant. The empty grain hopper has come from the P & R Farms feed mill in Andrews, NC, a distance of 50 miles. The feed mill, which supplies an egg producer, is the only freight customer on the GSMR, which is known mostly as a tourist railroad. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2010 Upload Date: 4/9/2010 8:56:51 PM |
| Location: |
Sylva, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
GSMR 777(GP9) |
| Views: |
1819 Comments: 7 |
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April 10, 2010: Empty chip train |
| Description: |
The setting sun is below the mountains behind an eastbound empty wood chip train which has just finished descending the loops below Ridgecrest, NC, on the Norfolk Southern "S" line. |
| Photo Date: |
4/10/2010 Upload Date: 4/11/2010 8:42:02 PM |
| Location: |
Old Fort, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8740(C40-8) |
| Views: |
341 Comments: 1 |
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Apr 27, 2010: Local P-59 to Sylva |
| Description: |
Westbound local P-59 enters Balsam and stops for inspection before starting down the grade to Sylva |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2010 Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:18:24 PM |
| Location: |
Balsam, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Roster,Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 5558(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
940 Comments: 1 |
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Apr 27, 2010: Inspection before starting down the Balsam grade |
| Description: |
The conductor walks down the left side of train P-59 and checks the air hose connections before starting down the grade to Balsam. He will walk up the right side on his way back to the locomotive. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2010 Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:21:32 PM |
| Location: |
Balsam, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 5558(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
958 Comments: 3 |
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Apr 27, 2010: Local P-59 starting down the Balsam grade |
| Description: |
After the conductor's inspection, NS local P-59 starts down the Balsam grade to Sylva |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2010 Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:24:15 PM |
| Location: |
Balsam, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
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| Views: |
703 Comments: 0 |
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Apr 27, 2010: Bridge on the Balsam grade |
| Description: |
Local P-59 crosses over Dark Ridge Road while going down the Balsam grade to Sylva |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2010 Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:28:16 PM |
| Location: |
Balsam, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Bridge,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5065(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
880 Comments: 0 |
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Apr 27, 2010: P-59 in Willets community |
| Description: |
Westbound local P-59rolls through the Willets community on its way to Sylva. |
| Photo Date: |
4/27/2010 Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:29:39 PM |
| Location: |
Sylva, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
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| Locomotives: |
NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 5558(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
832 Comments: 2 |
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Apr 27, 2010: NS local P-59 at the end of the Balsam grade |
| Description: |
NS local P-59 is slowing down as it enters the east side of Sylva. About 500 feet away is a LPG distribution center where the train's 5 LPG tank cars will be dropped and the empty tank cars picked up. 4 boxcars on the train will be taken another mile to the Jackson Paper Products plant in Sylva, where other box cars will be picked up for the return trip to the NS yard in Canton, N.C. |
| Photo Date: |
4/5/2010 Upload Date: 4/29/2010 10:31:22 PM |
| Location: |
Sylva, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Scenic,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 5065(GP38-2) NS 5558(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
809 Comments: 1 |
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May 11, 2010: Silverline Plastics local |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern local PA-01 with Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad 2365 starts working the Silverline Plastics pipe plant on a rainy day |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2010 Upload Date: 5/20/2010 9:06:31 PM |
| Location: |
Woodfin, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NPBL 2365(MP15DC) |
| Views: |
952 Comments: 0 |
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May 11, 2010: Silverline Plastics local |
| Description: |
Norfolk Southern local PA-01, with Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad #2365 as power, switches plastic pellet hoppers at the Silverline Plastics pipe plant on a rainy day |
| Photo Date: |
5/11/2010 Upload Date: 5/20/2010 9:14:54 PM |
| Location: |
Woodfin, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NPBL 2365(MP15DC) |
| Views: |
913 Comments: 0 |
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Jun 4, 2010: NS Train 135 enters Biltmore |
| Description: |
BNSF 4761 leads Norfolk Southern westbound train 135 with 90 cars enters Biltmore just before pulling into the Asheville yard. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2010 Upload Date: 6/4/2010 6:28:27 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 4761(C44-9W) NS 8983(C40-9W) NS 9888(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
661 Comments: 0 |
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Jun 4, 2010: Yard switchers |
| Description: |
Yard switchers work a long cut of freight cars into the Asheville Norfolk Southern yard. |
| Photo Date: |
6/4/2010 Upload Date: 6/4/2010 6:38:26 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NPBL 2365(MP15DC) NS 5558(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
668 Comments: 0 |
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| Title: |
Jun 24, 2010: Local work |
| Description: |
CSXT 6011 is in the middle as it switches cars for the days local work in Downtown Spruce Pine, NC |
| Photo Date: |
6/24/2010 Upload Date: 6/25/2010 7:16:03 AM |
| Location: |
Spruce Pine, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CSX 6011(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
517 Comments: 0 |
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Jul 30, 2010: Local P31 |
| Description: |
A quartet of EMDs brings NS train P31 from Canton, NC, into the west end of the NS yard at Asheville, NC, with mostly empty coal and wood chip cars. This train is based in Canton, NC, next to the Evergreen Packaging paper plant. The train makes the daily round trip from Canton to Asheville on the NS Murphy Branch which ends in Andrews, NC. |
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7/30/2010 Upload Date: 8/1/2010 8:34:42 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 3203(SD40-2) NS 7018(GP50) NS 7069(GP50) NS 5261(GP38-2) |
| Views: |
958 Comments: 3 |
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Aug 6, 2010: Close clearance |
| Description: |
I have never seen an occupied building this close to a mainline rail. Eastbound NS train 134 passes the book store at the west end of downtown Marshall, NC, at 1:22pm, on the NS "S" line |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2010 Upload Date: 8/6/2010 10:51:40 PM |
| Location: |
Marshall, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8939(C40-9W) UP 7875(AC45CCTE) |
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1449 Comments: 3 |
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Aug 6, 2010: NS train 134 |
| Description: |
NS train 134 enters the yard at Asheville pulling 60 cars at 2:47pm. |
| Photo Date: |
8/6/2010 Upload Date: 8/6/2010 10:59:26 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 8939(C40-9W) UP 7875(AC45CCTE) |
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592 Comments: 0 |
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Aug 28, 2010: KWLX EMD GP40-2LW |
| Description: |
Knoxville Locomotive Works #9613 is dead in tow in westbound NS train 165. The trip origin and destination for this locomotive is unknown. KLW is a subsidiary of Gulf & Ohio, Inc, a short-line group. |
| Photo Date: |
8/28/2010 Upload Date: 9/12/2010 10:34:39 AM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Roster |
| Locomotives: |
KLWX 9613(GP40-2LW) |
| Views: |
430 Comments: 1 |
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Sep 4, 2010: 3 EMDs of color |
| Description: |
Eastbound Norfolk Southern freight M62 prepares to leave the NS yard at Asheville, NC. Power is 3 EMD SDs of different colors. |
| Photo Date: |
9/4/2010 Upload Date: 9/4/2010 6:51:08 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Yard |
| Locomotives: |
NS 2599(SD70M) GMTX 9097(SD60) UP 8107(SD9043MAC) |
| Views: |
1077 Comments: 1 |
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Oct 27, 2010: NS Train 165 |
| Description: |
Westbound NS train 165 is just starting the trip from Asheville to Knoxville, TN, on a rainy morning. It had been sitting at the crossing, ditch lights off, waiting for a clear signal on the signal bar. The crossing gates were down, and the lights were flashing, and a crew member in a green safety vest was flagging traffic through the crossing. After a few minutes the crewman got on the locomotive, the ditch lights came on, the horn was blown, and the train started rolling to Knoxville. |
| Photo Date: |
10/27/2010 Upload Date: 10/28/2010 7:43:34 AM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 9817(C40-9W) |
| Views: |
578 Comments: 0 |
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Nov 2, 2010: NS train 165 |
| Description: |
NS 6670 running long hood forward as it enters the NS yard at Asheville, NC, with 2 ex-SOO Line SD60 trailing. The NS SD60 is set up for LHF running, with the long hood end marked as the front. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/2010 Upload Date: 11/2/2010 9:14:00 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 6670(SD60) CEFX 6017(SD60) CEFX 6010(SD60) |
| Views: |
1001 Comments: 0 |
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Nov 2, 2010: NS Train 162 |
| Description: |
Two BNSF GEs lead NS Train 162 through Biltmore in Asheville, eastbound to the NS yard in Linwood, NC. |
| Photo Date: |
11/2/2010 Upload Date: 11/2/2010 9:44:54 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Roster,Yard,Action |
| Locomotives: |
BNSF 6041(ES44AC) BNSF 7618(ES44DC) |
| Views: |
663 Comments: 0 |
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Nov 22, 2010: Local PAO1 crossing Riverside Drive |
| Description: |
Local PAO1 has just left full hoppers of plastic pellets at the Silverline Plastics pipe plant in Woodfin, NC, and is now returning with 5 empties to the NS yard at Asheville. This crossing has no gates or lights and is not flagged. PAO1 makes this trip 3 or 4 times a week, and is the only rail traffic on this spur. |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/22/2010 8:35:28 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4613(GP59) NS 3017(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
807 Comments: 0 |
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Nov 22, 2010: Local PAO1 crosses Riverside Drive |
| Description: |
Local PAO1 has just left full hoppers of plastic pellets at the Silverline Plastics pipe plant in Woodfin, NC, and is now returning with 5 empties to the NS yard at Asheville with NS 4613 leading long hood forward. This crossing has no gates or lights and is not flagged. PAO1 makes this trip 3 or 4 times a week, and is the only rail traffic on this spur. |
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11/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/22/2010 8:50:46 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4613(GP59) NS 3017(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
773 Comments: 0 |
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Nov 22. 2010: Local PAO1 enters the NS yard |
| Description: |
Local PAO1, with 5 empty plastic pellet hoppers, is returning to the NS yard in Asheville after delivering loaded pellet hoppers to the Silverline Plastics pipe plant in Woodfin. NS 4613 is leading long hood forward |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/22/2010 8:59:47 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
NS 4613(GP59) NS 3017(GP40-2) |
| Views: |
1239 Comments: 5 |
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Nov 22, 2010: Local P31 enters the NS yard |
| Description: |
Local P31 enters the Asheville NS yard after leaving the Canton yard, about 20 miles west, with 26 cars, mostly empty wood chip hoppers from the Evergreen Packaging paper plant in Canton. |
| Photo Date: |
11/22/2010 Upload Date: 11/22/2010 9:09:42 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
CEFX 7091(SD40-2) CEFX 7105(SD40-2) NS 3266(SD40-2) NS 3528(B32-8) |
| Views: |
827 Comments: 2 |
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| Title: |
Jan 22, 2011: NS Train 165 |
| Description: |
Westbound Norfolk Southern train 165 leaves Asheville, NC. |
| Photo Date: |
1/22/2011 Upload Date: 1/23/2011 12:29:43 PM |
| Location: |
Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
| Categories: |
Action |
| Locomotives: |
GMTX 9051(SD60) NS 9977(C40-9W) NS 2619(SD70M) |
| Views: |
584 Comments: 0 |
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Feb 5, 2011: Depot, north side |
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North side of the Southern depot in Marion, NC, built about 1867 and restored in 2005. The section on the east end is used by the Marion Business Association. The main building is used, among other things, for community events. |
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2/5/2011 Upload Date: 2/6/2011 8:58:09 AM |
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Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Station |
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Feb 5, 2011: Depot, south side |
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South side of the Southern depot in Marion, NC. The depot, now owned by the city of Marion, is beside the Norfolk Southern "S" line which runs from Linwood, NC, to Knoxville, TN. |
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2/5/2011 Upload Date: 2/6/2011 8:59:00 AM |
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Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Station |
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Feb 5, 2011: Eastbound coal train |
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An eastbound Norfolk Southern coal train approaches the Marion, NC, depot on a late sunny afternoon. |
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2/5/2011 Upload Date: 2/6/2011 8:54:56 AM |
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Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Roster,Scenic,Track,Action |
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NS 9896(C40-9W) |
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Feb 5, 2011: Eastbound by depot |
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An eastbound coal train blows by the depot at Marion, NC, on a sunny late afternoon. |
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2/5/2011 Upload Date: 2/6/2011 9:00:12 AM |
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Marion, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Roster,Action |
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NS 9896(C40-9W) |
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487 Comments: 0 |
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Feb 26, 2011: Westbound at crossing |
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Westbound empty lime train at the only crossing in downtown Marshall. |
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2/26/2011 Upload Date: 2/26/2011 8:37:58 PM |
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Marshall, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Action |
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NS 9539(C40-9W) |
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Feb 26, 2011: Westbound close clearance |
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Picture #32 in this album shows an eastbound freight on the other side of the store on August 6, 2010. A westbound empty lime train goes by a book store at the west end of Marshall. The distance from the building to the closer rail is 7 feet 4 inches, with a train speed of 30 to 35 miles per hour. |
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2/26/2011 Upload Date: 2/26/2011 8:48:39 PM |
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Marshall, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Action |
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NS 9539(C40-9W) |
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Mar 3, 2011: Colorful SD40-2 quartet |
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A quartet of SD40-2s (one ex-Conrail and 3 leased) sits next to the Evergreen Packaging plant at Canton, NC at 4:00 in the afternoon. This is probably Norfolk Southern local P33 getting ready for a night run to Asheville and back. |
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3/3/2011 Upload Date: 3/6/2011 7:12:14 PM |
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Canton, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Scenic,Yard |
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NS 3361(SD40-2) CITX 3087(SD40-2) HLCX 8165(SD40-2) CITX 3096(SD40-2) |
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1120 Comments: 1 |
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Mar 12, 2011: Light engine move |
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Westbound light engine move entering Asheville, NC, just as the sun was coming up. |
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3/12/2011 Upload Date: 3/15/2011 8:50:51 PM |
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Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Scenic |
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NS 9660(C40-9W) NS 9405(C40-9W) |
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473 Comments: 1 |
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Mar 12, 2011: Westbound NS train 165 |
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Westbound NS train 165 leaving Asheville with more than 125 cars |
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3/12/2011 Upload Date: 3/15/2011 8:54:45 PM |
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Asheville, NC |
| Author: |
Jimmie Fisher |
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Yard,Action |
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BNSF 4628(C44-9W) NS 7582(ES40DC) NS 9736(C40-9W) |
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