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Finding themselves far away from home, CP 9717 and CP 8034 await a favorable signal just south of NS Inman Yard in Atlanta with NS 191 in tow. These CP units came off an M77 to Columbia, SC and were en route to Birmingham, AL.

80 years ago on this very day in 1944, the Allied Forced made commenced the largest amphibious assault in history on the beaches of Normandy, France. This assault would begin the Allies push into occupied France and the start of the end of the Axis reign in Europe. Now in 2024, NS 391 found itself sporting none other than CP 6644 "Honoring WWII Veterans" which sports the unique invasion stripes that were applied to every Allied aircraft used in the assault. Today, we honor those men who died on those beaches, and whose spirits never returned from Operation Overlord.

After catching a pair of trains on the CSX W&A sub, I managed to get ahead of this NS 391 in Flovilla just as the sun began to set. Power for this train was a pair of aging UP AC4400s, one in the ex SP style and one in the ex CNW style builds.