NS/Progress Rail PR43C's 4000, 4001, and 4300 gathered around the East End Shop's turntable while being tested in Roanoke, VA.

Throughout the history of railroads many of railroad company have came up with some strange and unique piece of railroad equipment. Some were a success other not some successful, but one of the ma... (more)

Daily Irondale-Attalla local A50 glides down "Kudzu Hill" in Argo, Alabama.

NS Local A50 with 3 Cat's PR43C's run around their Train at Attalla for there trip back to Birmingham.

The newest addition from the Progress Rail shops leads this freight out of Langdale Yard bound for Macon, Georgia. The order for these has been extended up to unit 4011. This one was delivered to ... (more)

NS's newest Progress Rail "CAT" engine, 4002, with a new design wide cab. Photo copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation.

Both NS PR43C units made a brief stop in Leeds while the rest of Alabama was still in shock from the destruction that the recent tornadoes levied on the state.

Norfolk Southern train D46D slams through Carlock, Illinois with the short return trip from interchange with the Tazewell & Peoria Railroad in East Peoria. The Caterpillar powered 4001 leads two G... (more)

On Halloween Sunday, Oct 31, Norfolk Southern PR43C 4001, A Progress Rail unit, leads the D46D west of Deer Creek, Illinois. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

On Halloween Sunday, Oct 31, Norfolk Southern PR43C 4001, A Progress Rail unit, leads the D46D along US 150 west of Goodfield, Illinois. STEVE SMEDLEY PHOTO

If you look close you can see Caterpillar yellow behind the hood doors on PRLX 4300, another Progress Rail Services Caterpillar powered locomotive is testing out of the Norfolk Southern Railway's ... (more)

A CAT powered 4001 leads the D14 local train from Boonville to Huntingburg

Norfolk Southern and Progress Rail continue testing two of the Caterpillar powered Progress Rail PR43C's between Normal and East Peoria, Illinois over this former section of Nickle Plate Road. N... (more)

Norfolk Southern train D49D rolls towards a trackside defect detector as it nears Yuton, Southbound early Friday morning August 14, 2009. The two Caterpillar powered Progress Rail PR43C's have a... (more)

Norfolk Southern 4001 and 4000, are returning from Peoria and meeting a morning sunrise at Carlock, Illinois. The two Progress Rail PR43C's are making a first run paired together, Caterpillar powe... (more)