Railfans watch at the NS 961 slows to a stop as it departs town after the 2 day event at the North Carolina Transportation Museum.

With Southern/NS 8099 leading, NS power move 961 crosses the Pigeon River at Newport, TN enroute from Spencer, NC to Knoxville, TN (to stage these locomotives to get back into the revenue coal ser... (more)

The first group of Heritage Units have left the party and head west

The first group of Heritage Units backs out of the NCTM and on to the NS main

Back to work. The first group of Heritage Units to leave the party on their journey west

Back to work. The first group of Heritage Units to leave the party starts their journey west.

NS 961, with 9 of the 20 heritage units from the Spencer Family Portrait, stops at 11th street while NS 337, with NS 9340, highball's by wasting no time.

East on the NS River Line to Asheville, NS 961 parallels the French Broad River transporting the final six remaining EMD SD70ACe heritage locomotives to Spencer from Progress Rail in Muncie.

NS power move 961 crosses Douglas Lake in the late evening sun at Leadvale, TN enroute to Linwood, NC with the final six EMD heritage engines released earlier in the week from Muncie, IN. The heri... (more)

NS 961, a special deadhead operating from Muncie to Spencer, NC for Norfolk Southern's 'family portrait' makes its trek east across the former Southern Railway mainline at Newport, east of Knoxvil... (more)

On a hot June afternoon, NS 6792 leads six NS Heritage Units southward across a very dry cornfield at Oakville, Indiana. Train 961 had just departed the Progress Rail locomotive assembly plant in... (more)

NS 961 throttles up after meeting eastbound 16T while Old Glory waves proudly at the image of Old Glory on the lead locomotive.

Ex CEFX/BN 7077

Switcher on the mainline? A SW1500 brings up the rear of an eleven unit power move heading to Roanoke.

A sunday afternoon westbound light power move is rolling through western Ohio with NS 9234, GMTX 9023, NS 7534, NS 9224, NS 9972, BNSF 9544, BNSF 5786, NS 7547.