Norfolk Southern Slug

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No pics unfortunately.

For those who railfan in the Delaware area, I spotted a NS loco trailing a slug in the yards by the edgemore power plant a couple of days ago. Was doing 75 on the highway so couldn’t snap a pic

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If I’m not mistaken NS has 4 road slugs (RPE4C) numbered 700 - 703 that are mated to GP40-2’s. Other slugs on the NS are 912-913 (RPE4) and 914-941 (RPE4D). There may be more. My knowledge of the NS is limited.

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Slugs. Aren’t they neat little oddities? Gotta love them the unsung heros of real work…

Here is road slug #935 attached to GP40-2 #3073:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/42404079@N06/4427151674/

Slugs are listed in the engine roster:

http://www.nsdash9.com/roster.html

building a model one:

http://southernexchange.net/slugs.htm

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There is a Norfolk Southern slug at the Rockport Yard in Cleveland. Rockport is at West 150th and Brookpark Rd. I travel 480 often and it’s always there, usually hooked up to a GP38 working the yard.

David