With the heritage event finished, the power is split up and the Southern leads the way as the other follow behind, providing an assortment of color in the afternoon sun.
Southern 8099 leads a heavy westbound 189 up the famed Blue Ridge Grade splitting the signals at Villamont on a late summer afternoon.
On a beautiful late summer afternoon, Southern 8099k leads westbound slop freight 189 off the famed Blue Ridge grade toward Roanoke passing the classic N&W CPLs at Webster, VA.
NS 67Z rounds the curve at Tyrone with the Southern Heritage unit leading some other interesting power!
The GE Southern heritage unit shoves on a northbound extra empty coal train on NS's Chattanooga to Birmingham main. Seen passing under CSX train Q210 on the Wauhatchie Yard lead.
Heritage in the Piedmont.
The Southern Heritage Unit battles a summer storm as it leads NS 20Q east.
The Southern heritage unit pushes train 74J from Wilsonville, Alabama to Irondale, Alabama where it will become symbol Q5W for Kentucky
After riding the 4501, we stopped to take some pictures at Ten Bridge with a few friends. Here we see the Southern taking a coal train across Tenn Bridge going North on the CNO&TP.
After making its decent of the 2.8% grade of Duncan Hill the NS Southern heritage unit leads coal loads onto the New Albany floodwall as it nears Louisville.
The NS Southern heritage unit leads coal empties back to the mine passing by the rock cut near DePauw.
Empty coal train 75W hurries over Tenbridge in Chattanooga with the Southern Railway heritage engine doing the honors on the old Southern Railway Cincinnati, New Orleans, and Texas Pacific (CNO&TP... (more)
Traveling down the former second district of the CNO&TP the NS Southern heritage unit lead coal loads south by Kings Mountain.
Norfolk Southern, NS 8099 GE ES44AC Southern Heritage Unit at Douglas siding eastbound in Francisco, Indiana on September 7, 2015.
