So, to commemorate the second half of the month, brief commentary on the September 2007 Norfolk Southern Railway calendar photo.
We are treated to a near head-on shot of a mixed freight near Vesuvius, Virginia. NS 9230, one of the railway's ubiquitous GE D9-40CWs, is on the point. The most visible thing is, of course, the locomotive's white striping on the front with the rampant stallion. All lights are functional, so they're nowhere near a grade crossing.
Bob Bahrs, a conductor from Dover, N.J., shot the photograph on the way back from a reception held at the O. Winston Link Museum in the old N&W passenger station in Roanoke.
Originally drafted on 18 September 2007 at 20:26:35.
Posted by Country Pundit at September 20, 2007 11:26 PM