Mon Valley Winters - NS 4456 leads empties across Ten Mile Creek in Clarksville PA in a wintery Mon Valley scene.
Railroad
Norfolk Southern
Class
GE AC44C6M
Road Number
NS 4456
Line/Subdivision
NS Mon Line
Location
Clarksville, Pennsylvania, United States
Date Taken
March 12, 2022
Date Uploaded
January 18, 2023
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Mon Valley Winters - NS 4456 leads empties across Ten Mile Creek in Clarksville PA in a wintery Mon Valley scene.
I often shoot against the grain, out of the norm. I really enjoy a nice, rainy dreary and gloomy day. I shoot what I see and shoot outside the box.
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 4456 is a class GE AC44C6M and is pictured in Clarksville, Pennsylvania, United States. This was taken along the NS Mon Line on the Norfolk Southern. Photo Copyright: Ben Sutton uploaded to Railroad Gallery on 01/18/2023. This photograph of NS 4456 was taken on Saturday, March 12, 2022. All Rights Reserved.
Awesome!