NS3288GB_100305
The Southern properly understood that hi-nose locomotives operating in long-hood forward mode looked great (no matter how hard it must have been to drive one of the things) and clung on to this philosophy right to the bitter end. Norfolk Southern has, since the beginning of the 2000s, been rapidly increasing the rate of 'chopping noses', but SD40-2 No. CG 3288 was untouched and in original condition when it was photographed at Roanoke, Virginia, on March 10th, 2005.
1280 x 840
NS3288GB_100305
The Southern properly understood that hi-nose locomotives operating in long-hood forward mode looked great (no matter how hard it must have been to drive one of the things) and clung on to this philosophy right to the bitter end. Norfolk Southern has, since the beginning of the 2000s, been rapidly increasing the rate of 'chopping noses', but SD40-2 No. CG 3288 was untouched and in original condition when it was photographed at Roanoke, Virginia, on March 10th, 2005.
1280 x 840