All morning and part of the afternoon I was greeted with overcast skies, as evident in the background. I was expecting much of the same for the 507, which had SOU 8099K on the point. As soon as ... (more)

AC pushers with a Southern Heritage unit goes to the rescue of a coal train at Farm.

After Appalachian Railfan captured SOU 8099 at this very location on its maiden run up the Appalachia District early this year, it is pictured returning again four months later on a hot summer day... (more)

NS 8099, the Southern heritage unit, makes it way slowly past several museum engines adorning various Southern schemes from an angle not often photographed.

Two different versions of the Southern heritage scheme, on two very different types of locomotives! For more information, visit www.nsc... (more)

961 slowly backs out of NCTM after the big event held by NS to celebrate it's 30th anniversary.

The Southern heritage unit basks in the early morning sunlight as fellow photographers (from right to left) Cody Zamostny, Brad Morocco, and Jon Clark grab their shots. The fellow at the far left ... (more)

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.

Sunrise

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.