WC #6652 Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Norfolk Southern train #177, which many times had WC power had one of the rare cowl units leading this particular day. It is seen here at the Winters Road crossing just south of Ft. Wayne on the NS's New Castle sub. The train is heading from Chicago to Cincinnati. I'm not sure what the reason is for the stubby block signal. I had heard that it had something to with the fact that Ft. Wayne's Baer Field airport runways are just to the left of the engines. I figure it is either that or maybe these are associated with a hot box detector.(?) Date is 3/4/2000.
WC #6652 Ft. Wayne, Indiana
Norfolk Southern train #177, which many times had WC power had one of the rare cowl units leading this particular day. It is seen here at the Winters Road crossing just south of Ft. Wayne on the NS's New Castle sub. The train is heading from Chicago to Cincinnati. I'm not sure what the reason is for the stubby block signal. I had heard that it had something to with the fact that Ft. Wayne's Baer Field airport runways are just to the left of the engines. I figure it is either that or maybe these are associated with a hot box detector.(?) Date is 3/4/2000.