Wednesday, July 04, 2012

Norfolk Southern Heritage Locomotives

OK, seriously, is this not every railfan's dream? Even if you're not a Norfolk Southern fan, the chance to photograph all of these engines in all of these fallen flag schemes would have been awesome. Norfolk Southern deserves praise for recognizing and celebrating their heritage.

Photo from Norfolk Southern's slideshow. I have to say, looking at the railfans in the slideshow, we sure are a geeky looking lot!

I think all of the 20 heritage locomotives are SD70ACe engines. The locomotives are a mix of SD70ACe and ES44AC engines. The gathering is over but the locos are hard at work on NS' network, so there will be plenty of opportunities to shoot them.

4 comments:

Saintjohnrailfan said...

It's an excellent photo. I believe, unless my eyesight is off, I counted 10 ES44DC's mixed in there.

Karl A. said...

If only I were 1,134 miles closer to Spencer, NC.

It is a mix of ES44ACs and SD70Aces, and what a beautiful job by NS in making this happen!

Canadian Train Geek said...

I guess I didn't have my glasses on when I was looking at the photo! ;) Thanks guys.

Blair Ivey said...

That is one amazing image. Norfolk Southern ranks with Union Pacific in appreciating their heritage. Now if they'd just bring back steam . . .