Leading the way God and the Southern Railway intended, NS SD60 #6646 is holding at the CP 253 signal on the NS Dayton District, waiting for permission onto CSX trackage at NA Tower (CP 255). Trailing is a high-hood former Southern SD40-2.

NS 7069, a classic former Southern GP50, takes a break between switching assignments at the NS Berry Yard. Note the CNO&TP initials still on the cabside.

In an era where high horsepower, widecab six axle locomotives rule the mainline, occasionally you get a flashback to the past on locals and yard jobs. In this case, here we see a brace of three former Southern high hood GP38-2's working the P&G Yard in the Cincinnati suburb of Elmwood Place. While the leader wears the latest NS "Horsehead" scheme, the two trailing units wear the older style NS paint and logos, complete with "CNOTP" initials still intact under the cab numbers. And yes, the sound was AWESOME!

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