Norfolk Southern SD80MAC and KCS Southern Belle SD70ACe

February 10, 2008: SD80MAC, Conrail, KCS Southern Belle, and more! NS Y00 lead by SD80MAC 7216 speeds over the 4-way crossing in Richland, great horn! The gons are snow covered from heavy squalls earlier in the day. NS 852 next, great P5R24 horn on the leader. Then 500 with the grand slam, Conrail Dash-8-40CW NS 8408, KCS SD70ACe 4039, and NS Dash-8-40C 8725 under throttle lead rapid-discharge hoppers over the crossing at protection speeds, due to the next crossing having stuck gates. The tempurature was about 9 degrees with a wind chill below zero.

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[hoolg]

Hooooooooooooooonkkkkkkkkkkkkk­kkkk!

What a horn on that lead train. There's no mistaking that guy's coming. The middle was nice and that was a treat for the end lashup and horn.

Nice find! Thanks for breving the elements to share with us. I bet it was nice to get back in the truck.

Thanks for posting!

[o00o00ozy]

I couldn't feel my hands, lol. But totally worth it!

[Stephenson18]

is it alwasy that busy? ?

[o00o00ozy]

This time at night there is usually 3 per hour, relatively slow, then later in the night it usually becomes 4 to 6 per hour.

[Linkdude678]

Good KCS unit! Loved the SD80MAC... I wonder if all the SD80MACs are for a certain Norfolk Southern branch. Because I don't usually see them around Decatur.

[CQDX018]

GOOD SHOT!!!!! Those Aces sure do look pertty! My uncle is a engineer for KCS for 14 years and he got on 4679, 3997, and a lot of the 4000 # Aces. Along with the F units in new paint! :)

[CSX2665]

cool & rare

[railfanatic844]

WOW WHAT A CATCH

[TheMeteoro06]

i love trains go i like trains power darck go

[cheechchongfan97]

Loved the power and horn on 500!Great video



[tomahawk368]

Yeah, they are becoming a more common sight for some reason. I visit the Biltmore/Asheville yard alot, and see quite a bit of coal action, due to the local power facility. I see a lot of lease units as well. I LOVE those later Conrail SD units. They kind of make me think of what could have been had they not disolved the company.

[madman1776]

I live in NC and I went to Spencer North Carolina and saw an Norfolk Southern SD80MAC with 102 conrail coal cars and 3 NS Top Gons and that was the one time i didnt have my camera!!! but then last weekend i was in Raleigh NC and saw a NS SD80MAC still in Conrail paint and that was very cool because i live in Rocky Mount and all i see is CSX and Amtrak but its good to see other trains from time to time!!!

[tomahawk368]

SD-80's are rare in Western N.C, nice to see one with some top gons in action. But if you want a thrill, head to Western P.A and catch some intermodler and action at about 60 or so. WOW!

[gameover340]

That is one confusing crossing.

[slug96]

WOW!!! Thatsa nice lash-up!!!!conrail, KCS SD-70ACe, With NS power!!!!!!!nice 5* and a fav

[mafarnz]

Nice horns! NS seems to have a good variety of horns, being out west, I'm stuck with UP and BNSF, and boy do K3's get boring after a while!

Love the KCS Belle