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Home > Norfolk Southern > Locomotives > GE C40-9W > NS 8988
Pictures of NS 8988
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:GE C40-9WBuilt As:NS 8988 (C40-9W)
Serial Number:49164Order No:1868
Frame Number:Built:4/1996
Other locos with this serial:  NS 4166(AC44C6M) NS 8988(C40-9W) NS 8988(C44-9W)
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Local meets a big train
Title:  Local meets a big train
Description:  D 22 is in the siding at Afton as 8858 rolls past with 90 or so cars for New England.
Photo Date:  5/16/2004  Upload Date: 6/7/2017 4:52:49 AM
Location:  Afton, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9224(C40-9W) NS 8988(C40-9W) NS 8403(C40-8W) NS 2554(SD70) CP 8230(GP9u) CP 8227(GP9u)
Views:  1042   Comments: 0
Coal by the plant
Title:  Coal by the plant
Description:  An 8858 coal train rolls north past the Jennison generating station, now closed, but once a D&H customer.
Photo Date:  5/16/2004  Upload Date: 6/7/2017 4:49:14 AM
Location:  Bainbridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9224(C40-9W) NS 8988(C40-9W) NS 8403(C40-8W) NS 2554(SD70)
Views:  847   Comments: 0
Wide view
Title:  Wide view
Description:  The view from NY 7 just south of where it passes over the D&H is especially panoramic. We see 8858 rolling north, the Jennison plant now in the distance.
Photo Date:  5/16/2004  Upload Date: 6/7/2017 4:57:05 AM
Location:  Bainbridge, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9224(C40-9W) NS 8988(C40-9W) NS 8403(C40-8W) NS 2554(SD70)
Views:  927   Comments: 0
Into the shadows
Title:  Into the shadows
Description:  I chased the coal train to Otego, where I caught it off the I 88 access at exit 12. The sun was getting low, and I was dodging shadows, just able to get one more shot of the northbound.
Photo Date:  5/16/2004  Upload Date: 6/7/2017 5:00:11 AM
Location:  Otego, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9224(C40-9W) NS 8988(C40-9W) NS 2554(SD70) NS 8403(C40-8W)
Views:  828   Comments: 0
Westbound merchandise
Title:  Westbound merchandise
Description:  On a line known for its heavy coal traffic, there are ylso merchandise trains. This one is waiting to get into Alliance yard. Note the airplane fuselages behind the power. BNSF carries bodies for Boeing from Wichita to Seattle
Photo Date:  9/19/2011  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 1:08:13 AM
Location:  Alliance, NE
Author:  Qom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7517(ES44DC) BNSF 977(C44-9W) NS 8988(C40-9W) BNSF 1103(C44-9W)
Views:  418   Comments: 0
Fly BNSF
Title:  Fly BNSF
Description:  A pair of aircraft bodies ride hn BNSF from Wichita to Seattle, seen here waiting to get into Alliance yard.
Photo Date:  9/19/2011  Upload Date: 1/21/2012 1:12:28 AM
Location:  Alliance, NE
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7517(ES44DC) BNSF 977(C44-9W) NS 8988(C40-9W) BNSF 1107(C44-9W)
Views:  732   Comments: 1

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