Preview Early Norfolk Southern 1987 1989

[@wirepuller127]

Miss the high hoods high balling on the main running long hood forward.

[@BranchlineGeepProductions]

So many high hoods! Awesome! Too bad so many have disappeared.

[@scottcannell5584]

Tennessee valley heritage railway has quite a few of the southern high hoods and are still in their original paint scheme 😊😊😊

[@verastaki]

Wow! I miss those days!!! I remember how EMD SD40-2's and such used to dominate the rails! Long hood forward! Caboose at the end of the train. You don't see that much these days! High-Hoods used to be a norm, nowadays, it's a surprise to see a High-Hood, or a B-Unit locomotive! I like that 2070, U.S. Army High-Hood locomotive @ 1:28! Miss those days before Burlington Northern merged with Santa Fe in 1995. Railroads were amazing back then. Miss the Long hood forward operation! Youngsters will never know how railroads used to be, unless they watch the videos filmed by us! But actually being there in person in 1988 is a whole different story!

[@Rando-es4sq]

I remember the Norfolk southern coming through Jackson TN, trains 111, 112, 123 & 124 used to use the old IC Birmingham district from Fulton KY to Corinth Ms, the NS stopped running their through freights over the IC around 1996, due to the fact that the IC would hold up NS's trains at Fulton KY for extended periods of time, delaying many of their trains, so now the NS owns the trackage from Fulton KY to Corinth Ms but doesn't currently operate it, instead it leases the line to the West Tennessee railroad & the CSX also has trackage rights from Milan TN to Jackson TN

[@northalabamarailphotograph7063]

The IC line sold to ns was partially abandoned from Red Bank to Birmingham, the other is West Tennessee & Redmont Railways

[@Rando-es4sq]

The Norfolk southern owns the ex IC Birmingham district from Fulton KY to Corinth Ms but is leased to west Tennessee railroad, the CSX also has trackage rights from Milan TN to Jackson TN

[@dontderockmeriz4546]

Miss seeing freight action on the old Wabash line from Bement to Chicago line. Most of the line has been abandoned side the 80’s.

[@218422100]

Southern 6 axles running Longhood forward was the best!!!!!

[@tommyhunter1817]

Sure miss all those Southern 4 axle high hoods highballing on mainline runs. Everything is too cookie-cutter these days.

[@ReadingAreaRailfan]

Tommy Hunter NS still runs GP38-2 high hoods to this day

[@floridianrailauto9032]

Wouldn't they have been cookie-cutter too though if all Southern used was high hood geeps?

[@scottcannell5584]

Personally im not a big fan of the high hoods but they were unique 😊😊

[@jaiyanachowdhury5674]

It’s so great to see the Norfolk and western sd40-2

[@erikthepirate8068]

1:25 I love ALCO MRS-1! My Favorite Locomotive!

[@lamontduplessis3552]

So Good to see these locomotives!! Great, great video!! ☺✌Ty

[@zachariassiefker9249]

Nice video! Love the old school NS!

[@mauricelong4678]

These trains are still around

[@roberttrainor7659]

looks like a lot of George Redmond footage

[@larken24]

Did anybody notice how short the MRS1 was compared to the locomotives pulling it. Like comparing scale model trains to a basic engine lol

[@charlesgault3777]

I think that locomotive was originally designed to run on European railways, some of which have a smaller loading gauge than American railroads. That's why it is both shorter height and narrower width than the rest of the locomotives on the train.

[@camsmith7651]

How much cost is it to repaint, and decal a locomotive

[@brianbooher7318]

Alot

[@cooperluna4137]

Thats the baby norfolk southerns now we have newer norfolk southerns today lol

[@kylenifong1046]

Norfolk southern

[@scottpool4777]

Yeah hi hood there's nothing like them.

[@kylenifong1046]

R

[@Drfjr72]

whats with the white flags on some of the southern locomotives

[@b3j8]

White flags indicated a freight train "running extra." An unscheduled move in other words when most freights ran on a schedule. Green flags once denoted 2nd section following.