PROTOTYPE
2018
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A few inspirational sights from the
real thing
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Birmingham
Ala
23
October 2018
Birmingham Alabama is
a city of many railroads, and the aptly
named Railroad Park provides a great
vantage point for trainwatching. In this
case, a Norfolk Southern freight pulls
out of downtown behind CSX
GE AC44CW #49 and two
Norfolk Southern units, GE 44-9W #9486
and EMD SD70 #2547.
Video
1 and
Video
2 of this scene
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Birmingham
Ala
23
October 2018
Passing Railroad Park
in Downtown Birmingham a CSX mixed
freight train moves West behind
GE AC44CW #507 and GE
ET44AH #3355.
Video
1 and
Video
2 of this scene
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Landgraff WV
19
October 2018
GE ES40DC #7525
and GE C44-9W #9611
are
travelling between Keystone and Welch as
they pull
a train of empty coal hoppers over
the
"Pokey", Norfolk Southern's
Pocahontas District, back to a coal mine
where they will be loaded and then taken
to tidewater again.
Video
of this scene
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Landgraff WV
18
October 2018
Norfolk Southern Conrail
Heritage locomotive GE ES44AC #8098 brings
up the rear of a trio of helper units on
a train bound for Bluefield, meaning that
on its next trip North the "Big
Blue" will be leading. NS EMD
SD9043MAC #7231 (a former Union Pacific
unit purchased in 2014) and EMD SD70ACe
#1009 are also part of the helper consist
on this train.
Video
of this scene
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Landgraff WV
18
October 2018
Former CSX GE C40-8W #7892,
now leaser
locomotive GECX 7892, is heading Norfolk
Southern
GE C40-9W #9718,
Progress Rail (PRLX) GE CW44-6 #5006
(former CSX GE AC60CW #5006) and PRLX
(former CSX) EMD SD70ACe # 4835, taking a
long string of cylindrical hoppers over
the Pokey towards Bluefield.
Video
of this scene
The steep grades on
the Pocahontas District are such that
"pushers" are required on
virtually all trains.
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Labelled
"one
of the most challenging
areas of railroading in
the United States"
by Trains Magazine, this
part of the Norfolk
Southern rail network is
in fact one of
the last manned helper
districts in the entire
US.
In
this case, three NS
locomotives bring up the
rear of the
cylindrical
hoppers train: Rebuilt GE
AC44C6M (former C40-9)
#4076,
GE
ET44AC
#3611 and GE ES44AC
#8029.
Video
of this scene
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Landgraff WV
18
October 2018
GE C40-9W #9310
is the head power of a three-unit lashup
(followed by GE ES40DC #7696 and
GE C40-9W #9163) at
Landgraff
WV (situated between Keystone and Welch),
taking a string of Herzog high-side
hoppers over the "Pokey",
Norfolk Southern's Pocahontas District.
Video
of this scene
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Bluefield
WV
16
October 2018
Two
GE
C40-9W units (#9690
and
#9392)
are waiting for a crew
change at busy Bluefield
WV yard with a long
eastbound train of
covered hoppers in tow.
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Abingdon Va
15
October 2018
A track team pulls
out of Abingdon and heads East in a long
procession; the consist includes various
specialized maintenance of way machines,
a couple of hi-rail pickups and a hi-rail
tool truck.
Video
of these scenes
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Goose Creek, Markham
Va
16 January 2018
Union Pacific SD70M #4414
heads NS GE
C44-9W #9830 and NS
GE C40-8W #8346 on a
southbound intermodal train, running parallel to
I-66 at this point on the tracks of the former
Southern B-Line from Front Royal to Manassas.
Video of
this scene
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COPYRIGHT NOTICE
All images on this page are (c) Adrian Wymann
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