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)
ACe's in charge of Loaded hoppers passing thru the multiple S curves in Manor
Final Days of the CPLs. The end of an era is coming in Marion. The N&W Color-Position Light Signals, which have guarded the diamonds at Marion since the 50s, are being replaced by new "Vade... (more)
Beautiful afternoon light illuminates NS 578 as he crosses the New River from the N&W to the ex VGN with 130 loads bound for Norfolk.
In a dramatic late evening scene, NS 578 passes in front of the New River Palisades as it hurries east towards Roanoke.
