Poll
Question:
Vote Now in the February 2009 Contest!
Option 1: Whitethorne - 60J
votes: 0
Option 2: Whitethorne - 236
votes: 3
Option 3: Khalua10 - 22A
votes: 1
Option 4: Khalua10 - 23G
votes: 6
Option 5: NS2593 - 111
votes: 1
Option 6: NS2593 - 22A
votes: 0
Option 7: NS145 - D2M
votes: 3
Option 8: NS145 - 398
votes: 0
Option 9: tq-07fan - T51
votes: 0
Option 10: tq-07fan - TQ07
votes: 2
Option 11: conrail kid- NS (CR) 7210
votes: 0
Option 12: trainchaser2 - #1
votes: 0
Option 13: trainchaser2 - #2
votes: 1
Option 14: mbgphoto79 - 213
votes: 0
Option 15: TAMR159 - 852
votes: 2
Option 16: butch - Jarrett's Tunnel
votes: 2
Submit your winter photos for February's contest. Pictures of NS or its predecessors are welcome. Please submit no more than two photos. A full list of rules is available in the Rules thread.
Good luck! :)
First photo: 60J heads east through Kumis on a overcast day in November 2008.
Second photo:236 heads east through Christiansburg with two inches of snow on Janruary 2009.
NS 22A is on it's last mile of the Pulaski District and is about to swap it's Virginia Division crew for a Central Division crew and continue the trip West on the A line. Jan. 22, 2007
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3446/3192616587_9450f7ef24_o.jpg)
NS 23G creeps past Milepost NB 402 trying to get up to speed battling the weather enroute to Roanoke, VA. Nov. 21, 2008
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3349/3192642775_3b2c2cd86e_o.jpg)
First photo: NS 111 heading upgrade into Bristol, TN on February 27, 2008.
Second photo: NS 22A heading west through Jonesborough, TN on a snowy January 3, 2008.
NS D2M at New Berlin, IL at sunrise on a frigid morning:
(http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/2/4/6/1246.1232490733.tb.jpg)
Full size shot: Click here... (http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=268091)
NS #398 at Springfield, IL:
(http://www.railpictures.net/images/d1/7/5/9/8759.1232489839.tb.jpg)
Full size shot: Click here... (http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=268089)
1/21/09: Sorry for the switch-a-roo, but these shots are better than the original 2 that I submitted.
First Picture: T-51 (formerly L-51) at Haggerman Crossing east of Williamsburg on the N & W Peavine / Cincinnati District Mar 11 2008
Second Picture: TQ-07 crossing the Red Bank trestle on the N & W Berry Yard Branch Cincinnati, OH 12 degrees F at noon Jan 16 2009
NS 7210 leading a load of empties on the South Fork Secondary
(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/141/379987766_9795671287.jpg)
Picture 1 NS 235
Picture 2 NS ???
Here's NS 213 coasting downgrade, southbound near Jamestown, NC. Jan 20.2009.
(http://jreb.org/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=9&g2_serialNumber=1)
Here's an NS 852 coming up to Enola Yard on Track G. The tunnel goes beneath the connector from Enola to Rockville Bridge.
Jarrett's Tunnel on the S-Line after a light snow on Inauguration Day.
Looks like we have a real "horse race" for a change! ;D
Congratulations to Khalua10 for his winning photo of train 23G! Thanks to all who have participated!