Classic Norfolk Southern SD40-2s in Tennessee

Best sounding horn ever

OUTSTANDING. ! 🇺🇸 SD40-2s Forever. ! ! !

Back in my Conrail days there was a train that was powerered by SD40-2s HadThe throttle in. notch 8 in a tunnel. Man that made the hair on the back of my neck stand the window on the lead unit was open both sides for the duration of the tunnel. When we came.out of the tunnel we were on a tresstel going over wilbur creek with low fog on it Making it look like we were over the clouds THAT was an Epic Moment!

Sd40-2s are my favorite locomotive. I like them all but the Sd40-2 is a personal favorite.

Nice to see some footage of operations in my neck of the woods, especially my hometown

Coffey's cliff is a great place...big bay, cab line, engine division, transmission, fab and test at EMD only exist at the remote fringes of minor memory. Thanks for showcasing these former hi hoods in traction, they go the distance...

Love to see the SD 40-2 and her little slug working the yard

It was a pleasure to watch this video, as those Locomotives were about as close, to me, as family. They would cry, and you'd have to baby them. They had to be fed, Fuel, oil, sand, & water. They had to be bathed. On to the wash rack. They had to get check-ups, just like a kid does, so they'd go to the fuel-rack and our teams would check everything & fix what ailed them. If they weren't doing good, They had to go to the doctor, when they got sick, so, back to CDS SHOP they'd go. If they got into it with a car or truck, that just had to be on the tracks when it came thru...well, into the Back-Shop it would go and our teams would do major surgery on the old gal and send her thru the system paint shop and she looked better than new! Yup...when a Norfolk Southern train goes by...I WAVE !!! (I'm not waving at the crew.) I'm waving at my kids!

Absolutely outstanding. What a great way to spend an hour on an otherwise quiet evening. You share so much passion. I play golf weekly with a UP Engineer Tucson to El Paso), and also a retired MOW worker. They don't want to discuss anything!

Wow... It's just amazing to see pure sd40-2s even on any train...

Thank you for documenting all these Norfolk Southern SD40-2 locomotives in Tennessee, Drayton! I enjoyed watching this video!

The Admiral Cab retains the basic look and feel of a standard EMD cab, the exceptions being sharper angles, angled center windows, raised numberboard section, and under-floor air conditioning. The most important difference isn't visible from the outside. The nose portion of the Admiral cab is made of one inch thick steel vs. the quarter inch steel of the original EMD cab. This increase in thickness creates a safer environment for the crew in the event of a collision. The Admiral Cab weighs 12,500 lbs compared to the 3,500 lbs of an EMD cab and comes delivered to Juniata in one piece. Source: Altoona Works infor

Keep killing it with the EMD'S Drayton!

The SD40-2 Put together in Enola shops. It is wonderful to watch each person in their craft totally rebuild,rewire to the final coat. of paint and be the the lucky crew to take it on its maiden voyge!

NS uses the #3400 series SD40-2 with three to four units on the Pan Am (CSX) From Rotterdam Jct, NY to Ayer, MA. they have been doing it for years but they are thinned out with GE and EMD Wide Cabs mixed in the last couple of years. I Live in NH.

Tennessee's a great place for rail-fanning especially the Chattanooga area where the Tennessee valley railroad is because there's like every Norfolk Southern train every 10 minutes

this is gold. I live in nashville and we get a lot of train traffic but only csx cw44ac's and es44ac's but i hardly ever see anything else. im gonna make my parents take me soon

The SD40-2 is the F-14 Tomcat of the railroad. They're good at everything, and they're so damn sexy. Of all the N scale power on my layout, my SD40s are my prized locos.

I enjoyed your video From Tennessee area Those old wood chip cars look like the ones that I used to see going up the old Fort loops near Asheville all the time Coming from South Carolina To Salisbury North Carolina and then going to Asheville HOPE to see NS bring the trains back again on this once main line and bring the yard back to full business in Lynnwood... Thanks again on this video keep up the great videos and sharing them ..

Thanks for the opening sequence Norfolk Southern 6180 ( June 1978 ) & the accompanying "Slug" 851, which we don't see much of these days, many thanks ! PS - Greetings from New Zealand 🇳🇿 😀 ❤