Yes, you're right. I try to not duplicate post, but sometimes I forget. I deleted my second post.
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Yes, you're right. I try to not duplicate post, but sometimes I forget. I deleted my second post.
Caught Norfolk Southern's Office Car Special this afternoon at Blythewood, SC en route to the Master's Tournament in Augusta, GA. The train originated in Altoona, PA yesterday morning. Most of the large railroads bring trains to the event. The locomotives are two of NS's "Heritage Fleet" of twenty locomotives painted in historic liveries of the railroads that make up today's NS. [D5100, now almost 13 years old!]
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Nice catch.
Two photos from the foot of the Saluda Grade at Melrose, NC that illustrate the sad outcome of 35 years of decline in western North Carolina railroading. I shot the first on 12/22/1984 and the other at nearly the same spot on 08/14/2019. Saluda was the steepest mainline railroad grade in the U.S. until it was taken out of service in 2001.
Things are so overgrown today that you'd hardly know there are rails amongst the tall grass and trees. The route is slated to become a hiking trail. [First image, Nikon N2020, Kodachrome. Second image, Nikon D5100]
Things are so overgrown today that you'd hardly know there are rails amongst the tall grass and trees. The route is slated to become a hiking trail. [First image, Nikon N2020, Kodachrome. Second image, Nikon D5100]
Doesn't look like it has had any traffic in awhile. Yes, I see 2001 that was quite awhile ago.
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Some 12 years ago, Norfolk Southern decided to celebrate its 30th Anniversary by painting twenty new locomotives in historic paint schemes that replicated the many old railroads which comprise the modern Norfolk Southern. Last week I caught up with their Jersey Central locomotive, painted in tangerine and blue. The Jersey Central first used these colors in 1946, just after the close of WW-II. Even their "Miss Liberty" logo was new then, first applied in 1944. [D5100]
There's the Heritage Units website which can be helpful and social media too. Catching these can be quite a challenge because they most often circulate just like any other locomotive without special recognition and they may not be leading the train they're on. Then too, it may be dark when they pass by. Happily, NS has begun to repaint their heritage fleet to keep them looking fresh. I wish they'd give them a bath every now and theen.
Thank you. You'll come upon one eventually. It happened to me at Taylors, SC when the Illinois Terminal unit unexpectedly appeared. [D5100]