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David Stewart's Collection
 
4/19/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:EMD SD40-2Built As:SOU 3259 (SD40-2)
Serial Number:776044-5Order No:776044
Frame Number:776044-5Built:1/1978
Notes:Ex-SOU, Sold to GECX
Other locos with this serial:  NS 3259(SD40-2) SOU 3259(SD40-2)
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NS 3259
Title:  NS 3259
Description:  With her Southern Railways days long gone, NS SD40-2 3259 still with her former Southern trade mark high short hood and Nathen five chime horn stand ready for the days work and many more assighnments that she will pull before retirement. These will be a breed of units missed by not only railfans but, Former Southern employees who ran them in proud trios up and down the main lines that served the south.
Photo Date:  12/12/2008  Upload Date: 12/12/2008 6:17:57 PM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  David Stewart
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 3259(SD40-2)
Views:  374   Comments: 0
GZ03/NS 5537 (South Yard)
Title:  GZ03/NS 5537 (South Yard)
Description:  NS local job GZ03 with the rebuilt NS GP38-2 5537 pulls south with two empty gons at 2:37PM for industries to the south it will work before calling it quits for the day. Mean while NS SD40-2s stand gaurd on both sides having completed their duteis for the day.
Photo Date:  12/12/2008  Upload Date: 12/12/2008 6:41:32 PM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  David Stewart
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 5537(GP38-2) NS 3239(SD40-2) NS 3259(SD40-2)
Views:  461   Comments: 1
GE06/NS 3259
Title:  GE06/NS 3259
Description:  GE06 is seen south bound down the number three main passing Jefferson Street just south of King Plow at 1:55PM with SD40-2 3259 in charge with four cars bound for South Yard on the Atlanta South District.
Photo Date:  12/12/2008  Upload Date: 12/12/2008 6:42:30 PM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  David Stewart
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 3259(SD40-2)
Views:  264   Comments: 2
GE06/NS 3259
Title:  GE06/NS 3259
Description:  NS GE06 has spotted it's four cars at South Yard and heads to put it's SD40-2 in the clear at 2:31PM. This local job will tie up here for the day and the SD40-2 will be used for other local assighnments based out of SOuth Yard over the week end.
Photo Date:  12/12/2008  Upload Date: 12/12/2008 6:42:59 PM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  David Stewart
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3259(SD40-2)
Views:  260   Comments: 0
NS 3239,NS 3259,NS 5536 (South Yard)
Title:  NS 3239,NS 3259,NS 5536 (South Yard)
Description:  A pair of NS SD40-2s, Both former Southern railway units rest awaiting their next assighnmrnts while rebuilt GP38-2 5536 has yet to complete it's work for the day.
Photo Date:  12/12/2008  Upload Date: 12/12/2008 6:44:07 PM
Location:  Atlanta, GA
Author:  David Stewart
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  NS 3239(SD40-2) NS 3259(SD40-2) NS 5536(GP38-2)
Views:  505   Comments: 1


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