Gotta Go Fast! NS 242 arrives into Columbia led by the Sonic Bonnet NS 4000.

I was very happy to get some well lit photos of the Sonic Bonnet. I haven't had much luck with these, so it was something I couldn't pass up.

NS 282 begins to accelerate out of Jenkinsburg after letting 372 take the siding. Leading is Sonic Bonnet 4001, one of the first two DC-to-AC conversions that NS completed to extend the life of th... (more)

NS 124 descends Brushy Mountain as it heads north for Chattanooga. Powering the train today is a Sonic Bonnet Express, with GE AC44C6M 4004 leading SD70ACC 1801.

Freshly released into revenue service after a wreck rebuild, NS DC-to-AC blue bonnet 4001 crosses over a small creek on the NS Youngstown Line in Wick, Ohio as NS C66. The evening sun had just dro... (more)

The AC44C6M program has been proving it's worth as evident by NS 4004 at Hapeville, Georgia on January 19, 2020. The blue mane specialty scheme is well weathered in this view, 4004 could use a tri... (more)

Guess Who's Back?

NS 4001 rests outside the Juniata Locomotive Shop, finally out of a two year rebuild following its involvement in a derailment near McVeytown, PA on April 15, 2017.... (more)

Red Mane rebuild AC44C6CF 8520 sits outside the NS Altoona, PA shops on the morning of Saturday, April 13, 2019. This is one of several varieties of color (blue, yellow, and black) that have theme... (more)

It feel's like spring is near. As 212 is rolling north through Cramerton with one of NS's blue mane DC to AC conversion unit's leading.

Two NS mane units, 4000 & 4005, power manifest 36T as it climbs upgrade in Attica, New York and passes by a picturesque blue barn on the Southern Tier Line.

Locomotives:
NS 4000 AC44C6M... (more)

NS 191 roars through Bartow on its way to Macon with a "blue bonnet" DC to AC AC44C6M, rebuilt from a standard cab Dash 9.

Norfolk Southern's red mane unit, an AC44C6CM, rests in the night at the WNYP's Olean locomotive facility. This locomotive is similar to the AC44C6M being rebuilt by GE, but uses CAF electronics a... (more)

Something New, Something Broken

Recently-released red mane (or Knuckles Bonnet, you decide) rebuild 8520 was posed out in the open for a few days following its official PR photos. Am... (more)

51R comes by North Advanced in Charlotte with a AC44C6M DC to AC conversion 4003 unit leading. This one is one of two painted with a red mane on it's side.

Introducing the latest in Norfolk Southern's DC to AC conversion technology: AC44C6CF number 8520. Originally built by General Electric in 1996 as Dash 9-40CW number 8946, the unit was recently ... (more)