On another topic the NS was discussed and I thought I would share these pics of the NS president’s inspection train. It’s a real beauty. The loco’s are painted in the old Southern paint scheme and the passenger cars are still the beautiful Tuscan red. If you look there are even some heavy weights in the mix. Then at the end is the unique inspection car with theatre seating. My friend was the engineer for the trip which he described as the trip of a lifetime and i got to meet the NS president and got a short tour of the train. No pics were allowed inside and I only got to see the dining car and business car. The business car was a lil boring but the dining car still had all the flavor of big railroading back in the day when steam was king. Here are the pics, not the best, but enjoy. The train coming across the high level bridge.
Entering the east yards in Conneaut, Ohio
Turning to go south at the Diamond in Ashtabula Ohio
Closeup of the Inspection car
detail shot of the the inspection car
Hope you liked them Terry
