It's sometimes hard to see one train on the NS Kankakee Line. Here, we have three! In the far distance, B90 (H GALCWY) is headed east towards Conway, Pennsylvania, while the westbound 31K (Conrail... (more)
On May 25th, 2010, my friend Tom and I ran into a Conrail SD50, leading NS train 31K down the Kankakee Line, in Streator. Here, she's just underway, after a crew change.
NS 31K will soon become the BNSF M NSIKCK, once it reaches the BNSF Chillicothe Sub about a block ahead. A Conrail Quality SD50 is in charge of the train today.
A NS Geometry train in the care of a vintage Conrail motor pops out of Mingo Tunnel on the return trip to Williamson, West Virginia, from Portsmouth, Ohio.
After a brief pause, the geometry train resumes its forward movement at Blair but will soon reverse into the siding at Scandlyn and back to Blair to test the siding before continuing the trip sou... (more)