NS crew U44 with a set of light engines is moving foward on one leg of the wye in Norton, VA. The crew used the wye to get NS 1021 in the lead before leaving east out of Norton on the former Interstate Railroad.
The EMD SD (special duty) series are a strong and reliable kind of locomotive which still serve America's rails today. They have proved themselves reliable by clocking in several million miles of freight service over several decades.
