05/25/24, NS 955 is ordered in Altoona, PA, at 7:00am, and will travel west. I do not know for sure, but I think this OCS train will be pulled by NS 1069, 8099, or both. Best wishes! Edited 1 …

NS OCS & the Amtraks Author: jdrtrainwatcher On Thursday morning, August 22nd 2024 I was treated to a daylight run of the NS OCS making it's way north through N.C on the NS Charlotte …

The Norfolk Southern OCS train (symbol 955) passed through Olmsted Falls, Ohio around 2:40PM this afternoon. Given that I was the only railfan present it would appear that interest in …

The NS OCS is leaving Altoona, PA this morning with NS 4822 leading (Moving The Weight Of The World) and NS 1067 (Reading Heritage Unit). The train is bound for Mobile, AL, and is …

After the NS OCS train with the Southern and Virginian Heritage units returned to Altoona PA after a trip to the Master's tournament in Georgia and return. The train was put away and the power …

For those like me who don’t have social media, the word on the street is that the OCS will be leaving tomorrow morning around 0600-0700, supposedly going east. And it sounds as if the …

The B-units in the NS executive locomotive fleet are former CGW locomotives. As a child, I lived in a town on the CGW west of Chicago, and my Dad and I would hear the nightly westbound …

NS 1850 was the power, all fresh and clean and the consist was NS 39, 7, 9, 11, 20, 13, 2, 4, 14, 18, 21, 24 and 23. Ill let the experts chime in on any details of the cars, car types and …

Photo 1: The rear car of both NS OCS setups. On the left, you have the oldest office car in the NS fleet. NS #1 "Virginia" was said to have been built in the 1930's and originally belonged to …

The NS OCS Train 955 was expected this evening coming up from Pittsburgh to Bellevue, so trackside we went. He sure didn't set the rails on fire with speed, so we had plenty of wait time …