NS 23

NS #23 - "Buena Vista"

The NS OCS has been turned on the wye at the CSX Augusta, Ga. yard and is heading back to the NS yard.

Passenger car consist in NS train 965 preparing to leave Augusta, Ga.

NS OCS at Augusta, Ga. for the week of the Masters. Photographed with permission during a tour of the area with a NS employee.

On Sunday afternoon 8 March 1992, Norfolk Southern GP38 2825 was pulling the rear portion of intermodal train No. 221 into the railroad’s <I>OLIVER YARD</I> in New Orleans, while a passenger train was parked two tracks over. (The forward section of train No. 221 consisted of stack cars, and they were on their way to the Southern Pacific behind three SP SD40T-2’s.) The passenger train consisted of GP60 units 7114 and 7108 with 10 cars: sleeper 13 <I>GEORGIA</I>, lounge 21 <I>WEST VIRGINIA</I>; office cars 6 <I>ATLANTA</I>, 3 <I>CLAYTOR LAKE</I> and 8 <I>TENNESSEE</I>; sleeping cars 9 <I>ALABAMA</I>, 12 <I> INDIANA</I> and 11 <I> ILLINOIS</I>; dining car 18 <I>GENERAL WILLIAM MAHONE</I> and theater car 23 <I>BUENA VISTA</I>. Dining car 18 was renamed <I>NEW ORLEANS</I> in 2015.

NS 23 and 1 are at Augusta, Ga.

23 is part of the passenger car consist of the NS office car special at Augusta, Ga. The train was in Augusta for the Masters golf tournament and is leaving Augusta.

At 9:15am on Thursday June 28, 2018, eastbound train 955, a deadhead Norfolk Southern Office Car Special, passed Leetonia Tower in Leetonia, Ohio on its way back to Altoona, Pennsylvania. NS #4271 (F9A), NS #4276 (F7B), NS #4275 (F7B), NS #4270 (F9A) lead the following twelve NS passenger cars: NS #23 (Buena Vista), NS #24 (Delaware), NS #18 (New Orleans), NS #2 (Carolina), NS #4 (Michigan), NS #14 (Missouri), NS #13 (Georgia), NS #9 (Alabama), NS #11 (Illinois), NS #12 (Indiana), NS #7 (Pennsylvania), and NS #39 (HEP).

CR OCS-101 heads east on the CR Lehigh Line with a unit from each railroad as the power.

NS 954 has cleared Crocker Hill Road with Buena Vista bringing up the rear.

Theater Car bringing up the rear.

The end.

OCS Continued.

OCS Continued.

Some more engines in the group sitting in the yard including the rear OCS car

NS 4270 charges through Wauseon, OH with an office car special.

NS 4270 charges through Wauseon, OH with an office car special.

NS 4270 charges through Wauseon, OH with an office car special.

NS 4270 charges through Wauseon, OH with an office car special.

NS Brass in car 23

At 2:31pm on the afternoon of Monday, October 26, 2015, westbound Office Car Special NS 955 passed through Leetonia, Ohio on the Fort Wayne Line with NS #4271 (F9A), NS #4276 (F7B), NS #4275 (F7B), and NS #4270 (F9A) leading 13 passenger cars. The cars were NS #23 (Buena Vista), NS #24 (Delaware), NS #19 (Kentucky), NS #18 (New Orleans), NS #4 (Michigan), NS #14 (Missouri), NS #13 (Georgia), NS #11 (Illinois), NS #9 (Alabama), NS #20 (Ohio), NS #12 (Indiana), NS #7 (Pennsylvania), and NS #39 (Head End Power). The train was deadheading to Fort Wayne, Indiana. I caught the train twice in Leetonia and once in Salem, Ohio.

At 2:31pm on the afternoon of Monday, October 26, 2015, westbound Office Car Special NS 955 passed through Leetonia, Ohio on the Fort Wayne Line with NS #4271 (F9A), NS #4276 (F7B), NS #4275 (F7B), and NS #4270 (F9A) leading 13 passenger cars. The cars were NS #23 (Buena Vista), NS #24 (Delaware), NS #19 (Kentucky), NS #18 (New Orleans), NS #4 (Michigan), NS #14 (Missouri), NS #13 (Georgia), NS #11 (Illinois), NS #9 (Alabama), NS #20 (Ohio), NS #12 (Indiana), NS #7 (Pennsylvania), and NS #39 (Head End Power). The train was deadheading to Fort Wayne, Indiana. I caught the train twice in Leetonia and once in Salem, Ohio.

At 2:31pm on the afternoon of Monday, October 26, 2015, westbound Office Car Special NS 955 passed through Leetonia, Ohio on the Fort Wayne Line with NS #4271 (F9A), NS #4276 (F7B), NS #4275 (F7B), and NS #4270 (F9A) leading 13 passenger cars. The cars were NS #23 (Buena Vista), NS #24 (Delaware), NS #19 (Kentucky), NS #18 (New Orleans), NS #4 (Michigan), NS #14 (Missouri), NS #13 (Georgia), NS #11 (Illinois), NS #9 (Alabama), NS #20 (Ohio), NS #12 (Indiana), NS #7 (Pennsylvania), and NS #39 (Head End Power). The train was deadheading to Fort Wayne, Indiana. I caught the train twice in Leetonia and once in Salem, Ohio.

NS Business Cars #24 "Delaware" & #23 "Buena Vista"

The NS and BNSF business trains are parked in Augusta for the Masters 2015. The NS cars had to be split because of the length of the train. NS 23, the Buena Vista, is closest to the camera. The Sandy Creek is the observation car in the middle. The BNSF observation is the Gerald Grinstein.

The NS OCS heads South past the Bessemer, AL depot. The Buena Vista is usually the last car on the train where many people like to sit, including NS CEO Wick Moorman.

B Unit and the passenger cars.

A green signal beckons at 16th Street...

NS 23, "Buena Vista"

Southbound through Ratliff

Royce Running Track. Behind the VFW.

Royce Running Track. Behind the VFW.

Royce Running Track. Behind the VFW.

Royce Running Track. Behind the VFW.

Royce Runnung Track. Behind the VFW.

Royce Running Track. Behind the VFW.

Royce Running Track. 13th Avenue.

NS 951/Amtrak 847 continuing south through Bristol, as NS officials look at the back.