By 1987, the Southern had just four of the 20 FP7s purchased in 1950 still on their roster, numbered 3496-99. They were mainly used in excursion service. In late 1987 Norfolk Southern management determined the four vintage passenger engines were no longer needed for their freight operations and sold them.

NS never repainted any of these units. There are quite a few great photos in Withers Publishing book on Southern Railway diesels. It covers the entire SOU diesel era. NS also had 9 ex CR/EL U33C's (financed by N&W) which were reclaimed after the lease expired in 1984. The SOU U33C's rarely ran after the merger and were mostly stored in Atlanta.

Dec 16, 2021 · Wrecked Norfolk Southern GE ES44AC #8099, the 2012 Southern Railway Heritage unit, lies on its side, after striking a rockslide on the Mon Line while leading an eastbound intermodal train through Baldwin, PA Sunday a.m., just up the Monongahela River from Pittsburgh toward Homestead. The three NS c

From what I understand, Norfolk Southern Railway has shut down the number two track and it is out of service as of Friday 5 June, 2020 between Control Point Mohican in Loudonville, Ohio and CP Lucas in Lucasville, OH. I also understand NS management wants to single track the Ft. Wayne line west of Conway yard about 22-25 miles northwest of ...

I have added a new roster feature to my NSDash9.com website covering all of the diesel motive power rostered by Norfolk Southern from 1982 through present day. This is a general summary at this point, but will eventually expand to include unit …

Yes, on Southern a red over green over red is a diverging clear as is a red over red over green. EL-SD45-3632 Wrote: ----- > Rathole Wrote: > ----- > ----- > > Ex Southern here which is route signalling. > No > > lunars or flashing reds are in use on any > former > > Southern Railway territory that I know of. A > > train getting a red over red ...

Norfolk Southern Railway has announced that in a quest to streamline Chicagoland operations half the railroad’s infrastructure and track mileage will be eliminated and any interlockings or other dispatching duties will be fully automated. Funds to accomplish these plans will be paid for by grants from the IDOT and FRA.

The most recent coverage of the Norfolk Southern's new set of A-B-B-A "Executive F-Units," the two A-Units of which are actually ex-MARC "F9PHs" equipped with HEP can be found at on the Eastern Board:

Re: Norfolk Southern In Des Moines Author: rbx551985 Yes, NS does run to Des Moines -- in 1988, my 4h year with RBBB Circus's Red Unit, we played the show's 117th Edition ("King Tusk") at Des Moines, and NS was the carrier which brought the [then-] 44-car Red Unit Circus Train into and out of town.

Norfolk Southern Corporation, a Virginia-based holding company with headquarters in Norfolk, owns a major freight railroad, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, which operates approximately 21,800 miles of road in 22 states, the District of Columbia and the province of Ontario. # # # Media Contact: Rudy Husband, Philadelphia, 610-567-3377