One of the 47 active SD60s remaining on NS rests in front of the 1910 Gainesville, GA depot along the former Southern Railway Atlanta-Washington mainline. Ex-N&W SD40-2 1649, built in 1974, is second out.
The EMD SD (special duty) series are a strong and reliable kind of locomotive which still serve America's rails today. They have proved themselves reliable by clocking in several million miles of freight service over several decades.