It was nice while it lasted. In 2015, ex-UP SD9043MAC's were somehwat common on NS runthrough train CN 529, as shown here with NS 7272 leading CN 529 in Montreal. Unfortunately it has been ... (more)

I remember seeing the SD9043MACs in the Powder River Basin when they were brand new. The length and turbo-whine were impressive. Looking worse for wear, but still in its original paint, this SD9... (more)

The Indiana Rail Road train from Indianapolis and the train from Hiawatha Yard (Jasonville) meet and swap crews at the INRD's old shop complex at Switz City.

NS M35 gets underway, leaning in to the super elevated curve at Eufola, after dropping off a car that tripped the Defect Detector at the S29.1. The car was reading 218 degrees above ambient temper... (more)

Two former Union Pacific SD9043MACs pull NS 203 past the Southern Railway Depot in downtown Westminster, SC on a rainy March morning. These units are beginning to be rebuilt into the new SD70ACU m... (more)

Norfolk Southern hot shot intermodal 203 rounds the bend coming out of Seneca, SC passing by a northbound hot shot, 212, with a couple Ex UP SD9043MAC's sandwiching an NS SD70M-2.

An SD9043MAC leads a 132 car 14G through the curve at Valley Forge.

It appears the San Luis & Rio Grande is expanding their fleet of SD9043MAC's. SLRG 111 (painted in Illinois Central colors and sporting Iowa Pacific Holdings lettering on the side) is a former Te... (more)

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Under a threatening sky Union Pacific's westbound ICBLB ascends Archer Hill led by rebuilt SD9043MAC 3666, a pair of Norfolk Southern 'thoroughbreds' round out the consist. The westbound stack tra... (more)

Led by SD9043MAC 7230, NS 119 gets rolling through Central again after a brief stop to meet northbounds 222 and 290. Just a few blocks down, the train would meet it's counterpart, 118, with a coup... (more)

With the sun rising higher and higher by the hour, NS 221 passes through Norris, SC with an SD9043MAC doing the honors.

Westbound on the old Pennsy.

Led by one of the Ex UP SD9043MACs, NS 211 approaches the control point Johnson on a beautiful February morning. Somewhere lost in the vegetation in the background is fellow RP contributer Reginal... (more)

23Z passes under the signals at 227 in Fostoria with 90MAC 7278 leading.