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With mainly stacks and some freight on the rear, NS Harrisburg to Norfolk (Portlock Yard) heads down the former Southern Ry toward Lynchburg. The Central of Georgia GE leading.
The last train of the trip was much like the first; Central of Georgia Heritage by classic signals. We had seen the #8101 go north on the KNWA the day before but figured it would trail on the way back south. To our delight the power was wyed with the train arriving into Elmore around 10am and a crew called for 15:00 to bring it to Gilbert. Josh and I thought it'd be well after dark by the time we saw it with how slow trains ran the previous four days on the Guyandotte. We decided to make the trek into the rock cut and signals at 'Lincoln' anyways where we shot U86 and #821 and decided to wait til last light for the chance #812 with the CofG would show up. Luckily the dispatcher set up a meet with #812 & #821 at Mada which gave the sun time to swing around to illuminate the signals but it'd only be another 30 minutes before the sun dipped behind the mountain! No doubt the light would be better in the summer but you wont find me hiking and climbing on the rock cut then with the amount of snakes we saw.
Norfolk Southern ES44AC #8101 leads coal train #812 (Quincy, WV - Lamberts Point, VA) past the Virginian Railway searchlight bracket at 'Lincoln' on the Guyandotte River Branch.
An uncommon duo of heritage units featuring the Central of Georgia and "original" Norfolk Southern units brings domestic intermodal train 23M west at Danbury, Ohio, on March 24, 2022. A crappy day, but it did help for a morning westbound...
With mainly stacks and some freight on the rear, NS Harrisburg to Norfolk (Portlock Yard) heads down the former Southern Ry toward Lynchburg. The Central of Georgia GE leading.
NS 329 with the NS Central Of Georgia 8101 heritage unit leading slips past old Southern Railway signals near Saragossa, AL on NS’s NA District in quickly fading golden hour light. The signals are for the BNSF/NS diamond at Jasper.
This one is actually somewhat clean. Central of Georgia unit on freight coming up the H-Line. I was somewhat nervous about the wire spools but it appears to be for a new set of crossing signals and no sign of replacement for the N&W-era position lights.
NS 8101, the Central of Georgia heritage unit, leads Jacksonville bound NS 321 through the wide open s-curve near Barnesville, GA on the NS Griffin District. Trailing second is NS 1070, the Wabash heritage unit.
The Central of Georgia heritage unit found itself right at home on the July morning as it traverses the former Central of Georgia trackage, now the NS Griffin District. Many of the former Central of Georgia lines that existed under the Southern and currently exist under Norfolk Southern have either been downgraded heavily, abandoned or see minimal amounts of traffic. The NS Griffin district sees 2 regular road train movements daily along with a few local movements daily. It's quite unfortunate that this lines sees such minimal traffic as it offers several cool photo spots such as this one depicted, as do many of the old COG routes.
Was out with JJL yesterday to get the NS's Central of Georgia unit on the of #275. Took a hit at Orange meeting The Crescent and we got CF'd at Arrowhead but the clouds cleared the further South we went.
With mainly stacks and some freight on the rear, NS Harrisburg to Norfolk (Portlock Yard) heads down the former Southern Ry toward Lynchburg. The Central of Georgia GE leading.
Manifest NS 18M rolls east through Nemours, Wv on a beautiful late summer morning with the Central of Georgia showing the way.
9-5-2021
The Central of Georgia heritage leads westbound 811 over the Cotton Mill Trestle. They will make a brief stop in Kinney Yard to wait for traffic to clear before continuing west towards Roanoke.
With the Central of Georgia heritage unit in charge, NS 18M makes its way out of Bluefield yard with a fresh crew in a beautiful September morning last year.
9-5-2021
This train presented somewhat of a dilemma. After exiting the drive-through at the hometown McDonalds, some 46 miles away from the location in this photo, I heard the dispatcher preparing a meet for 8101 and NS train 239 at Shattuc, just west of Centralia. With extensive cloud cover over the area but a break to the east, and an intent to also shoot some special power on NS train 31N coming to St. Louis from Decatur, I decided last minute to take a chance. I jumped on the interstate and headed east.
I was still about 15 miles out when 167 met 239 at Shattuc, then proceeded to get a couple track warrants east from the NS Southern-West dispatcher, then permission from BNSF and CN to cut through Centralia.
I rolled into town just in time to pass under the rear of the train on route 161, worked my way through a dozen lights and stop signs, and was able to nab this grab shot of the head end as it crossed over divided Highway 51 running north-south through Centralia.
I got a little side trekked today when I stumbled upon my friend Casey on NS #8101. Lucky for me I had my camera with me so I was able to snap off a shot as they headed back to Chamblee with local job P51 passing through Birmont Junction.
NS Westbound Freight Train 329 passes through Jasper, AL. with the Central of Georgia Heritage ES44AC NS 8101 leading the way, I was able to get a few new photo angles I haven’t gotten before & one a new location at Control Point Bryan east of Burnwell, AL. It’s always nice to be able to get new photo angles for a change.
NS 8101, the Central of Georgia heritage unit, leads train 224 westbound just outside of Mexico, MO on the NS St. Louis District. It is seen here passing yet another Wabash Era searchlight signal.
Some impromptu Black Friday railfanning yielded some colorful results as the Central of Georgia heritage ES44AC is seen leading 50V through Fort Mill, SC
NS 8101, the Central of Georgia heritage unit, NS 8068, and ex-BN, CBFX 6023 all await assignments at Burns Harbor Yard along the NS Chicago Line.
NS 8101 "Central of Georgia" leads NS 177 past the grain elevator south of the town of Seven Mile, OH while a slim window of light shines through the cloud deck.
Norfolk Southern unit sand train 68N rolls east of Erie through Harborcreek, Pennsylvania behind a colorful lashup. In the lead are the Central of Georgia and Norfolk Southern heritage units, followed by a Union Pacific SD70ACe.
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NS Lake Erie District
Harborcreek, PA
NS 68N (Sand Loads; Chicago, IL to Sayre, PA)
NS 8101 ES44AC Blt. 2012
NS 8114 ES44AC Blt. 2012
UP 8733 SD70ACe Blt. 2012
The sun is barely up for the day in the Queen city as the Central of Georgia heritage ES44AC brings Enola, PA bound 12R into Charlotte while a GP60 bumped from mainline service shuffles cars about the yard.
The Central of Georgia Heritage Unit was supposed to lead NS 21D out of Charleston that day. But in a typical twist of fate, there was some mechanical issue and so the Unit was set aside at Remount Road while another usual power took its place. Here 21D is seen passing CoG on its way out from Seven Mile Yard.
The Central of Georgia heritage unit seems to have remembered its roots in Georgia as its been a regular through here since the fall. NS #8101 leads NS #153 through Lithia Springs, GA on its way to Birmingham.
At WB Jct. on the NS Kansas City District, the Central of Georgia Railway Heritage Locomotive leads NS Train 48T in a freezing drizzle as it waits to get on the congested BNSF Marceline Sub.
This was only my second time seeing the CG Unit, the last time was by happenstance on the BNSF in Iowa while storm chasing several years ago.
Locomotives: NS 8101, BNSF 7205, BNSF 6837, BNSF 5182, BNSF 8567
4-3-20
Carrollton, MO
With the tail end of an intermodal train clearing just in time, Norfolk Southern's Central of Georgia heritage unit leads unit trash train 63V west through Ben Avon, Pennsylvania along the north shore of the Ohio River. Once the train reaches Conway Yard, it will be recrewed to continue to the Ohio Central interchange at Mingo Junction.
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NS Fort Wayne Line
Ben Avon, PA
NS 63V (Trash Loads; CSAO - Oak Island, NJ to OHCR - Mingo Junction, OH)
NS 8101 ES44AC Blt. 2012
NS 1001 SD70ACe Blt. 2011
NS 1012 SD70ACe Blt. 2011
Norfolk Southern's Central of Georgia heritage ES44AC-8101 has just passed under US Rt. 22/322 in the distance. Its leading N/B train 12-Z (Enola, PA to Binghamton, NY) on NS's Buffalo Line.
The stars aligned for the Central of Georgia heritage unit to lead NS train #321 (Atlanta, GA - Jacksonville, FL) down 'home' rails from Atlanta to Macon Saturday morning. The real surprise was the double heritage lashup, #8101 & #1070! With upgraded continuous welded rail and faster speed limits its makes one scratch their head why NS doesnt utilize this route more.
Here's #321 passing an old Cotton Mill turned furniture store at Forsyth, GA.
CP 498 lead by a typically dirty AC44CW heads east across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis. The NS Heritage engine 8101 "Central of Georgia" is running third but still takes center stage on Camden Bridge.
With just enough light this morning for a decent photo, NS 16T knocks down control point Pelton at the Cambria St crossing in Christiansburg, Va. The Central of Georgia heritage unit leads the daily Irondale, Al to Allentown, Pa manifest.
7-26-2021
With quite the consist to show, NS 366 charges north through Lindale with NS 8101 (Central of Georgia Heritage) leading in the afternoon sun.
Westbound intermodal NS 201 rumbles through Wabun, Va on the eastern end of the Christiansburg district. I was quite lucky on this morning since 201 is usually through the area overnight anymore. The Central of Georgia and Savannah and Atlanta heritage units were luckily held in Roanoke for a few extra hours before heading west, allowing quite a few people to get some daylight shots of it through the area.
NS 153 slowly approaches the crew change point at Bridge (just behind me) with the Central of Georgia heritage unit on the point. 3-7-21
NS ES44AC 8101, the Central of Georgia heritage unit, NS ES44AC 8114, the original NS heritage unit, and a plethora of UP locomotives lead the way of UP M-BUNSX as it passes under a CNW searchlight in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
NS 177 rounds the s-curve just north of CP Oak near Dallas, Georgia. Leading the way is NS 8101, the Central of Georgia heritage unit, which if you ask me sports the best paint scheme ever fitted to a diesel-electric. 5-16-20
With mainly stacks and some freight on the rear, NS Harrisburg to Norfolk (Portlock Yard) heads down the former Southern Ry toward Lynchburg. The Central of Georgia GE leading.
Centerville Feed and Grain dwarfs Norfolk Southern train 16T as it passes east in the early morning on the Lurgan Branch. Leading the Allentown-bound manifest is the Central of Georgia heritage unit, NS 8101.
By all indications, train 11N was long past our location, except, this being Norfolk Southern, it wasn't. Central of Georgia Heritage Unit 8101 is on the point, and the chase was on.
NS Decatur - TRRA Madison train # 31N-13 with Central of Georgia ES44AC # 8101 leading. Dead in consist are brand new CitiRail ES44AC's # 1505-1508-1510-1511-1512-1516-1517-1522 believed to be bound for BNSF. Madison, IL May 13th 2016
The Central of Georgia finds a spot of late day sun as it trails on a helper set that is heading west toward control point Farm on the Pokey. From there it will shove a loaded train over Elkhorn grade and into Bluefield.
3-6-2023