Storms build to the east as NS 578 pounds the Wheeling & Lake Erie Diamond at CP WANDLE in Canton and rolling under the PRR position lights that guard the diamonds.

NS 578 throttles out of the dip west of Naylor Ohio as a eastbound stack train kicks up the coal dust off of the loaded train.

"NS 578 Medium Clear CP Rochester" comes over the radio as NS 8098 starts to pull west out out of Rochester as it leads its first train and makes it's first revenue mile.

The new Conrail heritage unit drops off more new AC's to the Pokey.

Norfolk Southern's first heritage unit, Conrail 8098, leads a coal drag through Massillon on what seems to be a early summer day in Ohio.

With only a few minutes of shoot able light left before the sun disappeared behind the clouds NS 578 rolls under the PRR Position lights at Wooster Oh.

NS 8098 makes it's first revenue run since being built in Erie. Here the 578 with 3 brand new Gevos and 2 ratty SD70ace's trailing behind the beautiful Heritage unit lean into the S-Curve just eas... (more)

Blue Maiden Voyage Conrail Heritage unit 8098 meets the Pennsy bridge at Canton on it's way west on the 578.

Blue Maiden Voyage! The first train NS's Conrail Heritage unit gets to haul is this 578 on this most perfect spring day. We would end up chasing 578 across the Beaver flatlands and into a good p... (more)

On the point of 578 - the Conrail Heritage unit's first revenue train.

Although a generic wedge shot with no interesting photographic venues, I wanted to shoot this unit as much as I could while it was stopped short of Beck Road in East Canton. This was the 8098's ma... (more)

Coal drag 578 swings through the truss bridge in Massillon with six AC units on the point, the lead engine being the freshly released Conrail heritage unit on its first day of road service.

Norfolk Southern's Conrail heritage unit makes it's in-service debut on the point of a 578 loaded coal train bound for Portsmouth, OH and beyond. Here, the train pounds the diamond with the Wheel... (more)

Conrail 8098, Norfolk Southern's first heritage locomotive, poses at the shop in Altoona. Casey Thomason photo, copyright Norfolk Southern Corporation. For more information, visit more)