Norfolk Southern 168 is led by the Southern Heritage Unit, 8099, as it heads north at Keno cut on the NS CNO&TP (Rathole) Second District at Tateville, Kentucky, on April 29th, 2024.
This scheme is from the Southern Railway (GE) which originated as the South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company in 1827. On Christmas Day, 1830, it put into service the nation’s first regularly scheduled steam passenger train, “The Best Friend of Charleston.” Southern was incorporated in 1894 from the reorganization and consolidation of numerous predecessors and absorbed another 68 railroad companies over the next six years.
Tech Info: DJI Mavic 3 Classic Drone, RAW, 24mm, f/2.8, 1/1000, ISO 100.