[8U][4k] Trains at Dawn, Norfolk Southern Piedmont Subdivision, Lula, GA 01/06/2023

mbmars01 Video 3 years ago

Description

In this video, we cover the entire morning rush of Norfolk Southern trains on the Greenville District of the Piedmont Subdivision at Lula, GA in the wee hours of a crisp day in January. Southbound Amtrak 19 is first in line, and he comes through Lula just before sunrise. Local train P64 consisting only of a solo SD40-2 engine out of Gainesville goes north to do some switching in the area; he'll return solo again a few hours later. We also watch the long intermodal and manifest pairs, 28R/27A and 153/154, respectively. These heavy trains all feature distributed power midtrain. For a change, UP and BNSF add some color to the NS black-and-white. There's a nice mix of EMD and GE power in the video, including SD70ACe, ES44AC, AC4400CW, Dash 9, and AC44C6M locomotives. Enjoy!