NS 25A cresting Linden Hill with Original NS Heritage Leader
Here's a photo and video of Norfolk Southern train 25A cresting Linden Hill on the NS B-Line in Virginia today. The leader is ES44AC 8114 (Original Norfolk Southern Railway heritage unit). Steve Gass Linden, VA
Disposition of Southern Railway FP7s - Trainorders.com
By 1987, the Southern had just four of the 20 FP7s purchased in 1950 still on their roster, numbered 3496-99. They were mainly used in excursion service. In late 1987 Norfolk Southern management determined the four vintage passenger engines were no longer needed for their freight operations and sold them.
Norfolk Southern 1982 to Present Roster Summary page
I have added a new roster feature to my NSDash9.com website covering all of the diesel motive power rostered by Norfolk Southern from 1982 through present day. This is a general summary at this point, but will eventually expand to include unit …
The "Real" Norfolk Southern - Trainorders.com
I guess that title shows my opinion of the current Norfolk Southern. I was disappointed when Southern Railway acquired the original Norfolk Southern in 1974, to say nothing about the name from the 1982 merger of Southern and Norfolk & Western. Norfolk Southern Baldwin AS …
Railfan Gaming > The NS "Executive F-Units" - Trainorders.com
The most recent coverage of the Norfolk Southern's new set of A-B-B-A "Executive F-Units," the two A-Units of which are actually ex-MARC "F9PHs" equipped with HEP can be found at on the Eastern Board:
A Question On Norfolk Southern Signals Part 2 - Trainorders.com
Yes, on Southern a red over green over red is a diverging clear as is a red over red over green. EL-SD45-3632 Wrote: ----- > Rathole Wrote: > ----- > ----- > > Ex Southern here which is route signalling. > No > > lunars or flashing reds are in use on any > former > > Southern Railway territory that I know of. A > > train getting a red over red ...
NS to Expand Enola Yard - Trainorders.com
Norfolk Southern Corporation, a Virginia-based holding company with headquarters in Norfolk, owns a major freight railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, which operates approximately 21,800 miles of road in 22 states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario. # # # Media Contact: Rudy Husband, Philadelphia, 610-567-3377
A Question On Norfolk Southern Signals - Trainorders.com
> Oh, and in old Southern Railway parlance, a red > over red (aka double red) without a number plate > was called a "positive stop." And back in the day on the Norfolk and Western it was "Stop and Stay." An intermediate signal with a single red and number plate was "Stop and Proceed" (at Restricted Speed).
Norfolk Southern U33C - Trainorders.com
NS never repainted any of these units. There are quite a few great photos in Withers Publishing book on Southern Railway diesels. It covers the entire SOU diesel era. NS also had 9 ex CR/EL U33C's (financed by N&W) which were reclaimed after the lease expired in 1984. The SOU U33C's rarely ran after the merger and were mostly stored in Atlanta.
Southern/NS "radio cars" - Trainorders.com
And after the Central of Georgia takeover, there were "C of G" or "CG" subletterings, too. I'm sure that a Southern Railway fan could tell us if there were more subsidiaries that had their initials on Southern engines. An Official Guide or Southern timetable from the '60s would list the subsidiary companies on the map page.