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This is an eastbound Norfolk Southern Railway container train at Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania in the late morning on 10 May 2016. The train is led by 3 units in standard Norfolk Southern black-and-white paint: NS # 9690 (a General Electric CW40-9), NS # 8442 (a General Electric CW40-8), and NS # 6927 (a General Motors Electro-Motive Division SD60E).

  1. 8442 was built in November 1994 and saw service in blue-and-white paint as Conrail # 743 - later renumbered to Conrail # 6269.
  1. 6927 was built as an SD60 in September 1986 and became Chicago & Northwestern # 8042. The unit has also been Union Pacific Railroad # 5994, Helm Financial Corporation # 5994, and Norfolk Southern # 6527.
A westbound NS container train is in the background.
Date Taken on 10 May 2016, 10:42
Source Norfolk Southern Railway # 9690 and # 8442 and # 6927 diesel locomotives (Horseshoe Curve, Pennsylvania, USA) 2
Author James St. John

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by James St. John at https://flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/26447604864. It was reviewed on 20 June 2016 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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