Modify the paint scheme and this scene could be 30 years old. A former N&W SD40-2 runs long hood forward as it leads a ballast train past the old N&W signal on the Lenore Branch.
With an SD40-2 of NW heritage leading as designed, long hood foward, 97J heads east out of Tunnel 7 toward Pigeon Creek Yard at Naugatuck with 8 ballast cars and a caboose in tow.