On its first night in service after being rebuilt in Altoona and painted in Chattanooga, Southern SD40 #3170 passes the building where the decision was likely made to purchase this unit: the forme... (more)

With their work complete T25 swings through Mascot TN headed for Sevier Yard.

After being sidelined from P12 the previous evening, Norfolk Southern's newest heritage locomotive sits on the Gainesville Midland lead while the sun briefly shines upon the black and imitation al... (more)

Piedmont Division train 237 hustles south through Gainesville, Georgia, with the Central of Georgia heritage unit, passing Southern SD40 #3170. 237 moves intermodal traffic daily from Charleston,... (more)

On a warm spring morning, the Landrum, SC train order semaphore's top color aspects are illuminated by the large fireball in the sky. Another day has dawned, but there still hasn't been another tr... (more)

Southern Railway SD40 #3170 rests outside the NS paint shop at sunset in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Within a few hours, it will be cranked up and running, being prepared for revenue service after ha... (more)

Freshly shopped SOU GP30 on local switching Hattiesburg

Notching it out and smoking it up on the former NKP in 1985.

After a rebuild at Norfolk Southern's Juniata Shop in Altoona, Pennsylvania, and restoration into its original Southern Railway paint scheme at the Chattanooga locomotive shop, Southern SD40 #3170... (more)

A new addition to Norfolk Southern's "heritage fleet": Southern Railway SD40 #3170 was built in April of 1971 and served for Southern and Norfolk Southern until being retired in 2008. It was rece... (more)

Southern Rwy trains #154 and #83 meeting at High Point, NC in August 1972.

On one of those gloomy days winter Southern GP30 2543 struggles to lead eastbound 123 up a grade at Veechdale Ky. Built in October 1962 the 2563 was retired from the roster in February 1990.

Eastbound SOU train departing Chattanooga

CB&Q/BN and SOU/NS long cooperated on a run-through train that ran will pooled power. BN units generally were turned back at Louisville, while Southern units ran as far as Beardstown. For a whil... (more)

The SCL units are E8As also.