Norfolk Southern Heritage Engines

In March 2012 to celebrate and promote Norfolk Southern's  30th anniversary
year, the railroad ordered and launched 20 locomotives painted in the schemes
of former railroads that now are apart of NS's 20,000 mile, 22 state system.
Eleven are EMD SD70ACe's and  nine are GE ES44ACs.

On July 9, 2012 two of the Heritage Series engines pulled a typical NS consist
(a coal train) through Marion, OH and by AC Tower and Union Station.  The
train was north bound toward Bellevue, Ohio and NS's big classification yard.

This yard was inherited when NS took over the Nickle Plate Railroad.