This is Norfolk Southern’s P90 freight to the mine in Aurora in early May. It is crossing Chocowinity Bay where it narrows to creek size. It is running here with its long hood forward. This is sometimes referred to as “Southern Stye” because it was (not because it’s backwards) the preferred locomotive configuration of the old Southern Railroad. They considered it safer for the crew in the cab. These days, visibility is considered more important, and cabs have been made safer in collisions. The train will return to Chocowinity with the cab forward as there is no way to turn a locomotive around in Aurora.

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