Heritage met heritage under the lights in Spencer, NC on 7.4. 2012.

SOU. The 1827 formation of the South Carolina Canal and Rail Road Company is credited as the oldest predecessor line of the Southern Railway, which took that name in 1894. While tobacco and... (more)

NS 23M with the Southern heritage engine makes its way along the Chicago Skyway at 93rd Street.

The Southern RR Heritage Unit passes the Tannery Row Office Complex, a former leather tannery. 8099 was damaged less than 3 months later when it hit a rock slide in Pittsburgh while leading inter... (more)

8099 fresh out of the Chattanooga Tn paint shop in 2012.

A railroad crews nightmare is seen as Norfolk Southerns “Southern” heritage unit lays on its side after striking a rock slide. No injuries to the crew. Crews are beginning the process of getti... (more)

237 flies southward over Wells Viaduct with the Southern heritage unit leading the way.

The Southern Railway heritage engine heads up the Macon bound freight train, as it grinds up the Braswell Mountain grade on a beautiful day in Dixie.

The NS Southern heritage unit leads 125 west for Louisville as it passes by Marengo Indiana.

Southern Serves Staten Island. Norfolk Southern Corp 8099 (ES44AC, Southern Railway Heritage) lead Conrail Shared Assets train PN-8 through CP Ralph in Elizabeth, New Jersey on the afternoo... (more)

An eastbound junk train with Norfolk Southern's Southern Railway Heritage Unit doing the honors rolls eastward past the Wabash searchlights at Wakenda, MO on a beautiful spring morning. We almost ... (more)

As the sun starts to rise on a cool March morning on the old Southern Piedmont Division, Norfolk Southern’s Southern heritage unit, dressed in the Southern Passenger paint scheme leads NS 218 so... (more)

NS 25A rounds the curve under the Newtown Pedestrian Bridge with Southern 8099 leading

The Drive-By Truckers might say, a Dirty Heritage in the Dirty South.