Originally built by GE as standard-cab D9-40C number 8866, Norfolk Southern 4004 is the latest AC44C6M conversion locomotive to be rebuilt. The "horse mane" paint color variation denote... (more)

Drifting downgrade with coal cars and about to round the big curve to pick up the gentle grade of the New River for the eastbound run to Roanoke. Was it really almost thirty years ago.

Tennessee Alabama & Georgia Railway number 80 was the first high-hood GP38 built by EMD, completed in February 1968. After the "TAG" was acquired by Southern Railway, No. 80 became SOU 2879 and l... (more)

Amercian Freedom Train with SP 4449 and three Cotton Belt SD40-2T tunnel motors climb the Techachapi grade at Cliff, Calif. on an overcast Dec. 22, 1975 en route to display at Long Beach.

Norfolk Southern GE D8.5-40CW number 8502 poses outside the Juniata paint shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in May 2015. Originally built by General Electric in Erie, PA, in March 1989 as Conrail D... (more)

A participant in the Great Locomotive Chase during the Civil War, Western & Atlantic locomotive 'Texas' is at the NCTM for a cosmetic restoration and research. At the conclusion of the restoration... (more)

Norfolk Southern's prototype AC44C6M duo, unit numbers 4000 and 4001, leads 105 loads of coal towards Duke Energy's Belews Creek Power Station. A full moon has just risen above the horizon as the ... (more)

Norfolk Southern intermodal train 224 crosses Swamp Creek, nearing Dalton, Georgia, on the first leg of their run from Atlanta to Kansas City. The Southern Railway heritage unit is right at home h... (more)

Norfolk Southern 4000 and 4001 pose together outside the paint shop in Chattanooga, Tennessee, for their first portrait. The locomotives wear a new, special paint scheme to designate the units as... (more)

611 backs down to tie on to her train which will be the consist for her inaugural trip home to Roanoke the following day.

The Norfolk and Western heritage unit, GE ES44AC number 8103, leads intermodal/van train 21J uphill around track three at Horseshoe Curve near Altoona, Pennsylvania. Photo by Casey Thomason. For... (more)

Norfolk Southern 5642 poses outside the Juniata Paint Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The EMD GP38-2 has been painted into a scheme similar to SD60E number 9-1-1, but will be assigned to the "... (more)

Norfolk Southern 5642 poses outside the Juniata Paint Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania. The EMD GP38-2 has been painted into a scheme similar to SD60E number 9-1-1, but will be assigned to the "... (more)

Norfolk Southern SD60E's number 6920 and 9-1-1 pose together at the locomotive shop in DeButts Yard in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Photo by Casey Thomason. For more information about Norfolk Souther... (more)

Norfolk Southern's "office car special" exits the tunnel at Nemo, Tennessee (near Wartburg) during a recent inspection trip. Nemo is located along the famous "Rathole" district... (more)