Sunset in Cassandra - As the sun sets on a cold winter evening, the Norfolk Southern Manifest Train barrels through Cassandra, PA with its bright headlights piercing through the falling snow. The snow-covered landscape and the orange and pink hues of the sunset create a stunning backdrop for the powerful locomotive. The train's determination to continue its journey is a reminder of the resilience and strength of transportation, even in the harsh winter months. As it chugs along, it leaves behind a trail of memories and a promise of new adventures to come.
Railroad
Norfolk Southern
Class
GE AC44C6M
Road Number
NS 4162
Line/Subdivision
Pittsburgh Line
Location
Cassandra , Pennsylvania, USA
Date Taken
December 28, 2022
Date Uploaded
December 30, 2022
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Sunset in Cassandra - As the sun sets on a cold winter evening, the Norfolk Southern Manifest Train barrels through Cassandra, PA with its bright headlights piercing through the falling snow. The snow-covered landscape and the orange and pink hues of the sunset create a stunning backdrop for the powerful locomotive. The train's determination to continue its journey is a reminder of the resilience and strength of transportation, even in the harsh winter months. As it chugs along, it leaves behind a trail of memories and a promise of new adventures to come.
I capture motion in my photography by using slower shutter speeds that illustrate the speed of gigantic trains as they move across the country. I experiment with new photo techniques, such as pacing trains with my drone.
GE AC44C6M
The GE AC44C6M is a refurbished Dash 9 locomotive from GE Transportation Systems that has 4,400 horsepower (3,300 kW) of AC-traction. Since September 2015, GE (now Wabtec), American Motive Power, Inc., and Norfolk Southern Railway's Juniata and Roanoke Shops have been doing AC44C6M rebuilds. The AC44C6M replaces the Dash 9's DC traction motors with alternating current GE 5GEB13B7 traction motors while keeping the 16-cylinder 7FDL-16 prime mover that was previously used in the core locomotive. The rebuilds still contain the original Dash 9 units' underframe, engine, and radiator compartments, but they have new wide-nosed cabins, a new front hood section, and a new inverter cabinet. The cost of converting a vintage Dash 9 locomotive into an AC44C6M is only 50–60% of purchasing a brand new Tier-4 Compliant locomotive. In comparison to an un-rebuilt Dash 9, the AC44C6M is found to have an improvement of 17% in fuel efficiency, 30% improvement in reliability, and a 55% improvement in haulage capability according to Wabtec.
NS 4162 is a class GE AC44C6M and is pictured in Cassandra , Pennsylvania, USA. This was taken along the Pittsburgh Line on the Norfolk Southern. Photo Copyright: Brandon Fiume uploaded to Railroad Gallery on 12/30/2022. This photograph of NS 4162 was taken on Wednesday, December 28, 2022. All Rights Reserved.
