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Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:GE C40-9WBuilt As:NS 9890 (C40-9W)
Serial Number:55048Order No:1972
Frame Number: Built:9/2004
Other locos with this serial:  NS 9890(C40-9W) NS 9890(C44-9W)
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Title:  Not a good picture?
Description:  This picture has problems - blurred, overcast, etc. Yet there is something about it that draws me. It has soul. When I look at this outfit coming out of Spruce Creek valley and pouring on the power as it heads into Barre straight line, I think of trios of F-7s hauling a redball SW-10 through here in Pennsy days with consist bouncing over the railjoints and springs squealing; of the tuscan red varnish with E units, sharp sounding horns and melodious EMD engines and, even today, the raw surge of power and thrill of a passing freight train in a sense of urgency to reach its next destination. After it is gone, only the sound of a barking dog will disturb the silence of this rural town.
Photo Date:  9/15/2009  Upload Date: 4/5/2010 12:17:36 PM
Location:  Barree, PA
Author:  Rick Erben
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9890(C40-9W) NS 9604(C40-9W) NS 9722(C40-9W) NS 3429(SD40-2)
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