Norfolk Southern GP59 No. 4610, the railroad’s original heritage unit, sits at the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum in Chattanooga for Railfest 2011 on Sept. 3. The locomotive has since been repainted. Photo by Bradley Bates
Original heritage
By Angela Cotey | October 20, 2020
| Last updated on January 4, 2021
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I operated this locomotive many times between Columbia, S.C. and Spencer, N.C. Norfolk Southern painted it in Southern Railway colors upon the suggestion / request of Ben Lee; Local Chairman BLE at Charlotte, N.C.
It should be noted – in this photo, we are looking at the rear of the locomotive. It was set up, as most Southern Ry. units, to run long hood forward. Despite having the low short hood.