By pure happenstance i was listening to the scanner this evening and i learned that today's (...Saturday, 4/25/15...) NS 112 was scheduled to pick up yeasterday's NS 112 at Laurel Sidng, just north of Clinton, TN on the Knoxville-Harriman, TN line that connects with the CNOTP at Harriman...
Here are the pictures...
Todays NS 112 pulling up on the "dead" NS 112...
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1328.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw540%2Fleroy82646%2FNS%2520112%2520_NS112%25204_25_15%25201%2520of%25201_zps4ld7euvu.jpg&hash=c710ba5a0448a8a33d86fdc405e0a96a9fc4320f)
Here they are backing down on the "dead" NS 112...
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1328.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw540%2Fleroy82646%2FNS%2520112%2520Backin%2520down%25201%25204_25_15%25201%2520of%25201_zpsojelynor.jpg&hash=d52f7c62d99dda7081c29ae3b51ff2646e26bbda)
Here they are coupling up...
(https://www.jreb.org/ns/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi1328.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fw540%2Fleroy82646%2FNS%2520112%2520Backin%2520down%25204_25_15%25201%2520of%25201_zpstzokzf5e.jpg&hash=ed77e451b077325307fff454d1fd55b3aa0b24f6)
Today's NS 112 is a big train...Probably 10,000 ft long...
Here are some high resolution photos on Flickr....https://www.flickr.com/photos/125458538@N04/17084570839/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/125458538@N04/17084570839/)
leroy
Assuming they removed off the end of Fridays 112 the EOT as they passed by and the conductor did a fair amount of walking. He looks young enough to have handled it! 10,000 ft is a big en.
They evidently kept one unit runnin and had continuous air on the train until the "rescue crew" got there... It didn't take 'em long to make both trains up and leave...
leroy
Always good to see a pair of EMD's come to the rescue!