Roll out of NS 999

[billyboi57]

Look Ma, I stopped smoking!!!!!

[SuperNJTRANSIT]

nice

[Trainspotters1001]

I saw it in person in Altoona PA (not on this day)

[southern4501isawesom]

.... thats a ugly ass paint scheme.... and locomotive

[arlingtontrains7]

what kind of place is this?.. trains modeling?

[DouglasP201]

I love the paint scheme, they should paint all the NS into this scheme. But good god that's a ugly engine!!  (sorry to upset anyone if i did)

[JrFlexing909]

looks like the NY Jets design as of colors

[Bartman1764]

they should have made it look like the gp30 again that would have looked better

[1998ChevroletS10]

i hope they make ace's and m-2's quiet like

[metroliner89]

The nose is a little too short though

[SaberTanker22]

LOL norfolk southern made short high nose cabs now there is no nose.

[Crazee73]

lol, the podium looks exactly like the locomotive's front end! Its so squished!

[homboldt]

It looks like a cross between a CF7 and ATSF's "Beep.

[GECP4256]

@karlfey I agree with you, but it's awesome that it saves energy. Even though I LOVE the roar of GE, MLW, and EMD locomotives.

[TheDeadhead426]

my friend told me that trn#999 sits in altoona and dosent go any where else besides, where its charger is lol! revolutionary concept, but hard to grasp

[CSXtrackworker]

@TheDeadhead426 I would not worry too much about this engine. I seriously doubt you will see these thing's take over railyard's, especially the heavy shifting& hump railyard's. This technology is too new& not that advanced to take the part of a diesel.

[trainsrgood4u]

@karlfey you are so right. this engine sounds like a pansy! the roar of a disel is a beautiful sound

[manokiller]

Beautiful, Simply Beautiful.

[Exelius]

Shunting operations are the most fuel-inefficient part of railways, and the most polluting, so this kind of loco it's really a good way to help the enviroment.

[mulad]

I hate to pick on an early effort like this, but a 1,500 hp switcher? That's not a whole lot of power for a locomotive. Running overhead catenary might be an eyesore, but you can get *way* more power. The Chinese have 13,000 hp electric locos. Overhead wire is also the only way high-speed trains are powered, and they really need the extra oomph.

[drbackjack]

1.500 is plenty for a yard switcher.

[bnsf4]

why not an E-Bell on this thing?

[leejax01]

The headlight in the podium is in the wrong location... should be between the numberboards...lol...lol... Nice loco.

[BWyrick]

Shoulda used an SD40 frame.

[CSXno601]

Reminds me of a modernized CF7 locomotive. Although the nose looks like that of a later U-Boat model. Interesting, indeed. I like the green on the paint scheme. I can't wait to see it perform at Rose Yard next time I'm over that way. Or is it assigned elsewhere now?

[xxxDeath9572xxx]

Its still currently assigned to Rose Yard

[ConrailForever]

This locomotive is too quite and looks really dumb. The nose is too short... I wonder what kind of horn it has... It better not be a third generation K5LA...

[CSX8663]

@ConrailForever its awesome!

[andersonjjj333]

look at that engine i want it

[esiegel76]

Awesome!

[jimmydcap]

Reminds me of a U Boat.. U-18

[GP9railfan]

I want that podium!! Nice paint job on the loco, but that's about it though... The cost to recycle/dispose all those batteries in that thing is going to be expensive when they wear out. There goes alot of their profit margin.

[jimmydcap]

They are hoping on saving fuel..

I would laugh my ass off if he bloew the horn inside the building... They would shit!!

[Intransitman]

How about a pantograph & overhead wire?

[GP9railfan]

@Intransitman That would be expensive to set up initially, but cheaper in the long run. The only drawback is it's a bit of an eyesore with an overhead wire system.

[amtrak50]

Ray LaHood is showing some weird body language

[DJGENEX71]

Very cool! Probably won't see it on any mainlines unless they're transferring it somewhere...maybe they'll build some more of them! Like the paint also...maybe some new colors in the future for NS or like RRlover said bring back the green!

5*****!!!

[jordan1210]

i like that

[railroadlover]

I love it. I think that NS should do all their paint shames in that color! Bringing back the Southern Green!!!

[Hickthu06]

my god that is one ugly locomotive

[railroadlover]

Why is it ugly?