RailPictures.Net Photo: NS 8579 Norfolk Southern GE C39-8 (Dash 8-39C) at Gold Ridge, Alabama by David Harris

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» Norfolk Southern (more..)
» GE C39-8 (Dash 8-39C) (more..)

» Near east end switch to passing track
» Gold Ridge, Alabama, USA (more..)
» January, 1989

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» NS 8579 (more..)
» Unknown

» David Harris (more..)
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On a gray winter day, the crew of a westbound train of company materials slows to meet an eastbound at Gold Ridge. This service seems an early demotion for not quite four-year-old 8579, assisted by much older GP50 and GP38.

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