Norfolk Southern

Locations South

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Warner Robins, Ga / Nov 2018 / RWH

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North Shore, La / Jul 1990 / RWH

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North Shore, La / Jul 1990 / RWH

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North Shore, La / Jul 1990 / RWH

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northshore12 The tangent Norfolk Southern mainline between Woods siding and North Shore, Louisiana, was a favorite spot for train-chasing pal Jory Sharp and me during our high school years. We spent many an hour there waiting and watching. The shots above, all from the summer of 1990, represent a typical day on the busy NO&NE landbridge over the brackish swamps between Lake Pontchartrain's shoreline and the dense woods south of Slidell. After the northbound Crescent cleared the area in the morning, it would be one manifest freight after another throughout the humid summer days — a superhighway of loose-car railroading only a handful of years into the Norfolk Souther merger. Although many units already wore the new Thoroughbred logo and stripes, holdout Southern and Norfolk & Western units were not uncommon in those years. Southbound freights would be slowing down as they passed us south of Woods, readying themselves for on-ramping the 5 mile lake trestle; but northbound movements were usually picking up speed coming off the lake, making a sprint up the long tangent to downtown Slidell and a municipal slow order. When you think "Southern Serves the South," you don't typically think of reedy swamps and brackish marshlands. But here in the southwesternmost corner of Mr. Spencer's built-up empire, the Southern walked across the waters at the start or end of every train with Oliver Yard on its orders. Even without any shade, North Shore was a mainline sanctuary for two young high schoolers in love with diesel fumes and black paint.

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Irondale, Al / Aug 2021 / RWH

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Anniston, Al / Aug 2019 / RWH

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Sheffield, Al / May 1999 / JCH

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Decatur, Al / Jun 1996 / JCH

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Cordele, Ga / Dec 2022 / RWH

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Byron, Ga / Jul 2022 / RWH

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Macon, Ga / May 2002 / JCH

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Macon, Ga / May 2002 / JCH

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Payne, Ga / Feb 2019 / RWH

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Macon, Ga / Aug 2020 / RWH

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Macon, Ga / Dec 2020 / RWH

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Gordon, Ga / Oct 2019 / RWH

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Gordon, Ga / Oct 2019 / RWH

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Gordon, Ga / Oct 2019 / RWH

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Tennille, Ga / May 2021 / RWH

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Duluth, Ga / Jul 2021 / RWH

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Nov 2020 / RWH

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