Eastern Railroad Discussion > Virginian Heritage #1069 takes a stroll through Georgia

Norfolk Southern's Virginian Heritage SD70ACe #1069 was on the point of coke(?) train 76M today, 10/11/12, bound for Georgia Pacific in Cedar Springs,GA. I was fortunate enough to have a day off work and the timing couldnt have been better. For the past couple weeks every Thursday would feature a different heritage unit leading a coal train of some sort.

I ended up seeing 76M five different times between Cohutta,GA and Dallas,GA. Train was moving pretty good on clear signals the majority of the way. With it being a weekday and trying to drive through the somewhat large metropolitan area of Rome,GA around rush hour deterred me from getting a shot I really wanted at Green,GA. Oh well, not going to complain since it was a successful day without a doubt. I attached my three best photos from the day. Hope yall enjoy!

Picture 1 - 76M accelerating out of a 10mph speed restriction and up grade at Cohutta,GA. This is the line from Cleveland,TN that connects with the Atlanta North District.

Picture 2 - After a quarter mile sprint, 1069 blows by at CP Pinson just south of Hwy 140 & Hwy 53 intersection. The crossing in the background was closed along with most of the road so I had to park a good ways back.

Picture 3 - 76M takes the siding at Aragon,GA to meet northbound freight #348. Dynamics were howling & sounded cool.

I ended up getting him once more working up the grade at Braswell Mountain but I focused on the video which will be up soon at youtube.com/guitars14

Thanks for looking!

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Well done. Great way to spend your day off.
John

Your third is the best. Well done...

First shot is great. Thanks for showing an area we don't see much.

Sir,
super shots the VGN is my top 5 of the heritage units, hope it leads thru St Louis one day. Thanks for sharing your photos.
Mark Mautner

Great shots, and I agree the third one is the best!

GREAT pics!!!!!