NS Switchers and/or Slugs

Including predecessor roads. Lets see what everyone can dig up.

NS 2381 switching the north end of NS DeButts Yard - Chattanooga TN

 

NS 2371 switching the north end of NS DeButts Yard - Chattanooga TN

 

At least one of these switchers was a harbinger of things to come. October 1987, Norris Yard in Irondale, AL.

 

NS 2387 in the air, working the hump at Norris Yard, May 1989.

 

NS 2422 - Buford GA

 

NS slug 858 - Chattanooga TN

 

NS 2385 & NS 952 - Chattanooga TN

 

NS 2403 - Chattanooga TN

 

NS 947 - Chattanooga TN

 

NS 2219 - Chattanooga TN

 

Yes, it's a roadswitcher. But I couldn't resist.



Yes, that particular short line--whatever is left of it--is part of the NS system.

 

What's amazing is that sister unit NS 1616 survives (inoperative) at the North Carolina Transportation Museum in Spencer, NC. [Photo not mine, is from www.aeromoe.com]

 

Not NS, but of NS heritage. A SOU cow and calf pair as seen in December 1977 at John Sevier Yard in Knoxville, TN.

 

NS SW-1500s #2309 in June of 1993 at Charlotte, NC and the #2305 in July of '89 at Biltmore, NC. All of NS's SW-1500s have since departed from the roster.

 

Three NS switchers team up at Salisbury, NC in March of 1994.

 

Very nice shot!

 

Another angle of the 2305 working a cut of cars in Asheville, NC in July 1989.

 

Two more SOU switchers, including the 2375 at Knoxville, TN in Feb. 1980 and the 2422 at Irondale, AL in Oct. 1987. Both are MP-15DCs.

 

The 2383 at Irondale, AL in October 1987.

 

November 1985, Irondale, AL