High Speed Action on NS Greenville District 3/25/15 feat. CofG Heritage & SOU 3170 HD

My goal for today was to get NS 237 with Central of Georgia Heritage leading, and as (if you) guys saw from my catches on Monday (March 23rd, 2015) NS 238 had CSX 5467 & NS 8101, as usual, two days later, that power returns south the opposite way it went north. NS decided to be nice to us railfans today, as my friend Micheal Hoskins and I ventured up to Gainesville, GA to shoot SOU High Hood SD40 3170, which was sitting dead due to dead batteries, more intense action appeared, including a rare sight of a UP (non NS bought) SD90/43MAC in a 8 engine lashup on NS 153, and a nice RS3L leader on 221. Toping off the night, a monster 120 car NS 290 flew through Gainesville with UP power. DORAVILLE, GA CP Doraville (Milepost 622.5) NS P70 1:09PM NS GP38-2 5644 NS B32-8 541 NS 118 elephant style, and with ITC and Erie Lackawanna hoppers in the middle and rear of the train 2:36PM NS C44-9W 9877 NS C44-9W 9834 OAKWOOD, GA CP Oakwood (Milepost 590) NS 153 with 109 cars 4:06PM NS C44-9W 9424 P5 NS C44-9W 9623 NS SD60M 6796 Ex. CR UP SD70M 4859 UP SD90/43MAC 3491 NS GP40-2 3058 Ex. CR NS RP-E4C 723 Ex. PC/CR GP38 7708 NS SD40-2 3423 Ex. CR NS 238 4:21PM NS C44-9W 9295 K5LAR24 NS SD70 2580 Ex. CR NS 237 with 134 cars 4:56PM NS ES44AC 8101 Central of Georgia Heritage, 3rd Gen K5HL CSX ES40DC 5467 GAINESVILLE, GA CP Midland (Gainesville Amtrak Station, Milepost 585) NS 221 6:41PM NS C40-8W 8379 Ex. CR, RS3L NS SD60E 6933 NS P13 NS SD40-2 3312 Ex. SOU Admiral Cab P5 NS SD40-2 6096 Ex. N&W Admiral Cab P5 SOU SD40 3170 High Hood Tuxedo Paint NS 222 elephant style NS C40-9 8874 K5LAR24 UP SD70M 4807 NS 290 with 120 cars 8:34PM UP AC45CCTE 7658 3rd Gen K5HL NS ES44AC 8053 UP SD70M 4894 Amtrak 20 Eastbound Crescent 9:17PM AMTK P42DC 122 K5LA AMTK P42DC 134