The last high hood SD40-2 to ply the rails of the Griffin District in the lead was NS 3203 and is seen strolling northward on the north side of Griffin, Georgia on August 15, 2014

The last high hood SD40-2 to ply the rails of the Griffin District in the lead was NS 3203 and is seen departing Griffin, Georgia on August 15, 2014

The last high hood SD40-2 to ply the rails of the Griffin District in the lead was NS 3203 and is seen drifting into Griffin, Georgia on August 15, 2014

The last high hood SD40-2 to ply the rails of the Griffin District in the lead was NS 3203 and is seen in the late afternoon drifting by the depot in downtown Jonesboro, Georgia on August 15, 2014

A shot that can no longer happen. One of the last few ex-SOU High Hood SD40-2s lead a loaded woodchip train westbound towards Asheville on the S-Line back in January 2014.

NS P48 heads South through Buford, GA to drop off its train in the pass track in Sugar Hill, GA.

NS p90 puts on one heck of a show as he scurries through Central, SC with the newly rebuilt, former high hood SD40-2 number 3203 in the lead. Had it been just a few months earlier, 3203 would stil... (more)

NS 3203 leads a short freight from East Point to Atlanta, GA. Nice to see one of the dying SD40-2 HighHoods leading!

NS 3203 leads a short freight from East Point to Atlanta, GA. Nice to see one of the dying SD40-2 HighHoods leading!

NS 3203 leads a short freight from East Point to Atlanta, GA. Nice to see one of the dying SD40-2 HighHoods leading!

NS 3203 leads a short freight from East Point to Atlanta, GA. Nice to see one of the dying SD40-2 HighHoods leading!

Southern Style, Part 2: Having just seen the GP38-2/GP38AC pair at East Point, our morning of former Southern Railway locomotives continued as one of the five remaining high hood SD40-2s le... (more)

Macon, Ga. to East Point, Ga. manifest train 140 arrives in Griffin to make it's setout before continuing north towards East Point with one of the last five active high hood former Southern Railwa... (more)

Southern Railway heritage in the form of their classic herald shows through the Thoroughbred on SD40-2 Nº3203's high short hood, along with the age of this versatile EMD. The days are getting num... (more)