After a "heads up" from a buddy in Louisville Saturday morning, I packed up the camera and headed West on the NS Louisville District to intercept NS 23G. 23G had the BNSF SD70Ace that had came in on 22A earlier in the week, and one of the new fangled Cat Powered 4000's was supposed to be the 4th head unit.
I had hoped the 4001 would be on line, as I really wanted to hear what it sounded like, but per my luck it was DIT, most likely headed for Roanoke. Here are a few from the afternoon out. The entire set in higher resolution can be found on my Pbase gallery at this link. http://www.pbase.com/kd4jsl/ns_central_div_louisville_district
As a side note, I almost like the matte finish on the 4001. To me it just looks better than the normal NS glossy black. Check out the "glint" shot on the 4001 on the trestle in Shelbyville to see what I mean...that shot is in the Pbase gallery.
NS 276 heads in the hole at East Waddy KY. They would be here for almost 3 hours while 22a, 111, 112 and 23G all worked at the Ford mixing center in Shelbyville.
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NS 23G has finished its daily work at the Shelbyville Mixing Center and heads for Danville.
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NS 4001 along for the ride on 23G, seen here at Waddy KY..
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Carmon doing the wide angle thing at the Turtle Tree Crossing at Waddy. I am really gonna have to break down and buy that girl a big ole tele for Christmas..
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