North Carolina Transportation Museum - Blue Ridge Special

[27526]

very nice.

[Weiberts]

Great job as always Heath!

[DJGENEX71]

OK first thought was why they needed 12,000hp for this train, then I saw the length of it! WOW!

Awesome shot! 5*****!

[Weiberts]

Those engines are pretty quiet.

[bravosixxx]

Nice catch Heath!!! Good stuff bud...real good stuff.

[LionelKid18]

Thanks Rob

[fr8train68]

i was conductor on this train along with my regular assigned engineer. it was a real treat for us both. its cool to see the action from the outside of the cab sometimes.

[GSMR1702]

so you work for Norfolk Southern? I was wondering since Amtrak doesn't run this route how they were going to find a crew...

[fr8train68]

there was an amtrak crew on board but since they arent qualified on the s line, n.s. had to furnish a crew. i was more than happy to take this one.

[NSTrainFan]

Great catch man. I came to this spot on the way down.

[LionelKid18]

Thanks Bro

[1225dude]

talk about flying around that curve.  great video.

[LionelKid18]

yeah he was going pretty quick

[1225dude]

NS always seems like they are pretty generous with thier speed limits for trains after the FRA rates the track. And I doubt an NS engineer would speed there too.

[1225dude]

is this the same line that runs by your house?

[LionelKid18]

yes

[trainkids]

Great catch Heath!!!! And that train sure had a nice touch with the pv's, I thought it was going to be all amtrak cars! Some of those pv's were even on 3751's excursion to san diego in september last year!

[LionelKid18]

Thanks Bro,

[GregInCalifornia]

Great location & shot!

[UnionPacificRules]

cool S curve!

[SP4449Warbaby]

From a distance, P42's look awful plain, but up close they're complicated machines under that simple shell, nice catch, wish I could see some Amtrak more in Cincinnati.

[LionelKid18]

Thanks Grant,

[m611martin]

Nice!!

[Kleman09]

Cool! Glad you are able to get out and railfan a little.

[GSMR1702]

dang! wasnt expecting the this train to be that long.

& 3 P42's, that gives you a bit of an idea on what it takes to get up through the loops

nice vid, Heath, was hoping you'd be able to catch this. sorry I couldnt be there to join you!

[LionelKid18]

Thanks Bro, Yeah this one was pretty long. I was surprised that it had 3 locomotives too.

[emmeressen]

Awsome!

[LionelKid18]

Thanks