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Pictures of NS 8688
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:GE C39-8EBuilt As:NS 8688 (C39-8E)
Serial Number:45408Order No:1870NS
Frame Number: Built:6/1987
Notes:Used as a GE engine test platform at Altoona
Other locos with this serial:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
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Coal for the port
Title:  Coal for the port
Description:  A coal train rolls through Wilson VA with a short train-178 cars-for export.
Photo Date:  9/13/1986  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 3:05:32 AM
Location:  Wilson, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8672(C39-8E) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  1206   Comments: 0
Starting east
Title:  Starting east
Description:  An eastbound 178 car loaded coal train gets started from Crewe. This was the point where coal trains were consolidated after getting over the Blue Ridge. Some prodigious consists went east from here to tidewater, as the gradient was quite easy. I often saw trains in the 225 car range on this line.
Photo Date:  5/14/1988  Upload Date: 7/14/2015 1:38:59 AM
Location:  Crewe, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8672(C39-8E) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  866   Comments: 0
Grab shot
Title:  Grab shot
Description:  The same eastbound I shot at Crewe I got at Wilson. They move better than youd expect for a heavy train, and all I was able to get was this grab shot off US 460.
Photo Date:  5/14/1988  Upload Date: 7/14/2015 1:40:26 AM
Location:  Wilson, VA
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8672(C39-8E) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  847   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/1/1997  Upload Date: 12/20/2006 6:50:50 PM
Location:  Spriggsboro, IN
Author:  Chad Malinovsky
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  997   Comments: 0
NS 8688 poses
Title:  NS 8688 poses
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/15/2000  Upload Date: 3/30/2003 6:46:13 PM
Location:  Bow Junction, NH
Author:  Harry Frye
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  1819   Comments: 0
NS 8909
Title:  NS 8909
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/27/2002  Upload Date: 11/13/2016 2:14:29 PM
Location:  Roanoke, VA
Author:  Richard Gorddard
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8909(C40-9W) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  803   Comments: 0
BNSF'S Forsyth Sub
Title:  BNSF'S Forsyth Sub
Description:  BNSF Westoound Freight Train M- DILLAU at Hathaway, Montana with a BN White Face SD60M leading an NS C40-8, BNSF Heritage 2 B40-8W & a Blue Bonnet SD40-2
Photo Date:  7/24/2004  Upload Date: 8/13/2004 12:39:20 PM
Location:  Hathaway, MT
Author:  william davis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 9262(SD60M) NS 8688(C39-8E) BNSF 535(B40-8W) BNSF 6723(SD40-2)
Views:  1802   Comments: 1
BNSF'S Forsyth Sub
Title:  BNSF'S Forsyth Sub
Description:  BNSF Westbound Freight Train M- DILLAU passing through Hathaway, Montana
Photo Date:  7/24/2004  Upload Date: 11/28/2008 2:29:06 PM
Location:  Hathaway, MT
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 9262(SD60M) NS 8688(C39-8E) BNSF 535(B40-8W) BNSF 6723(SD40-2)
Views:  1357   Comments: 7
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/6/2004  Upload Date: 11/4/2004 10:20:23 PM
Location:  Elkhart, IN
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  1401   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/8/2005  Upload Date: 1/9/2005 1:05:44 AM
Location:  Rochelle, IL
Author:  scott koehler
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  968   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/12/2005  Upload Date: 6/6/2023 8:59:48 AM
Location:  Montpelier, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  327   Comments: 0
NS C39-8E 8688
Title:  NS C39-8E 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/14/2005  Upload Date: 12/15/2012 4:25:43 PM
Location:  Montpelier, IN
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  613   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description:  NS C36-8E 8688 was the second engine on train 213
Photo Date:  3/26/2005  Upload Date: 10/8/2005 4:25:05 PM
Location:  Bridgewater, NJ
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  839   Comments: 0
Smoking it up
Title:  Smoking it up
Description:  As NS 213 accelerates, the 8688 lets out a lot of smoke!
Photo Date:  3/26/2005  Upload Date: 10/8/2005 4:25:06 PM
Location:  Bridgewater, NJ
Author:  Stephen Bradley
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  800   Comments: 0
NS 213
Title:  NS 213
Description:  A Union Pacific GE is on the point of the NS 213.
Photo Date:  3/26/2005  Upload Date: 4/25/2008 9:56:55 PM
Location:  Manville, NJ
Author:  Anthony Paci
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 6011(AC44CWCTE) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  1003   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/5/2005  Upload Date: 5/5/2005 11:37:04 PM
Location:  Springfield, MO
Author:  Joe Hughes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  1000   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/23/2005  Upload Date: 4/23/2005 10:14:12 PM
Location:  Osceola, IN
Author:  Joe Rogers
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  951   Comments: 0
NS C39-8 8688
Title:  NS C39-8 8688
Description:  These units were supposed to be scrapped by now but 8688 still sees service and serves for the purpose it was built; for to haul freight!
Photo Date:  6/29/2005  Upload Date: 8/2/2005 4:38:52 PM
Location:  Toledo, OH
Author:  Bob Beaumont
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  842   Comments: 0
NS 8688 in emergency
Title:  NS 8688 in emergency
Description:  Train 324 in emergency at MP 431. It finally got underway in just a few minutes, only to go in emergency again a few miles down the road!
Photo Date:  11/14/2005  Upload Date: 11/16/2005 1:06:36 PM
Location:  Mishawaka, IN
Author:  Jamie Joyce
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  1004   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description:  Norfolk Southern stack train with a Dash 8 at point moves away from Forrest Yard.
Photo Date:  1/1/2006  Upload Date: 3/4/2006 1:59:26 PM
Location:  Memphis, TN
Author:  Mark Mears
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 9090(C40-9W)
Views:  970   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/11/2006  Upload Date: 4/25/2006 5:51:21 PM
Location:  Collier Yard, VA
Author:  Ryan Tate
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  884   Comments: 1
NS V62 Eastbound
Title:  NS V62 Eastbound
Description:  Under the CSX Mainline!
Photo Date:  4/16/2006  Upload Date: 4/19/2006 9:05:57 AM
Location:  Collier Yard, VA
Author:  Edward Kerns II
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  654   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/16/2006  Upload Date: 4/19/2006 9:06:18 AM
Location:  Collier Yard, VA
Author:  Edward Kerns II
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  785   Comments: 0
It blends in with trees
Title:  It blends in with trees
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/15/2006  Upload Date: 6/28/2006 6:11:17 PM
Location:  Langley, SC
Author:  Joseph Johns
Categories: 
Locomotives:  FURX 7929(SD40-2) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  985   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/12/2007  Upload Date: 6/14/2007 9:49:07 PM
Location:  Centralia, IL
Author:  Jim Kirsch
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  667   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/21/2007  Upload Date: 6/22/2007 4:53:56 AM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  859   Comments: 0
The engineer brings NS 8688 to a stop
Title:  The engineer brings NS 8688 to a stop
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/21/2007  Upload Date: 6/23/2007 11:22:32 AM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  875   Comments: 0
NS 9341 switching cars
Title:  NS 9341 switching cars
Description:  NS 9341 continues her thing while 8688 awaits a fresh crew to take her on to Ronoake, VA.
Photo Date:  6/21/2007  Upload Date: 6/22/2007 4:53:56 AM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9341(C40-9W) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  1006   Comments: 0
CSX 2556
Title:  CSX 2556
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/21/2007  Upload Date: 6/21/2007 10:14:42 PM
Location:  Blue Island, IL
Author:  Ryan Kertis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  783   Comments: 0
NS 8688/C39-8E
Title:  NS 8688/C39-8E
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/21/2007  Upload Date: 6/22/2007 4:54:00 AM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  735   Comments: 1
NS 8688 (C39-8E)
Title:  NS 8688 (C39-8E)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2007  Upload Date: 6/26/2007 6:44:47 PM
Location:  Waynesboro, VA
Author:  John Gray
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  758   Comments: 0
NS 8688 (C39-8E)
Title:  NS 8688 (C39-8E)
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/2007  Upload Date: 6/26/2007 6:45:37 PM
Location:  Waynesboro, VA
Author:  John Gray
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  937   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/27/2007  Upload Date: 11/30/2021 1:27:38 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  473   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2007  Upload Date: 11/30/2021 1:27:44 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  460   Comments: 0
NS 9758 is one of 4 GE's on train 846, arriving at Pomona
Title:  NS 9758 is one of 4 GE's on train 846, arriving at Pomona
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/2007  Upload Date: 7/12/2021 1:06:12 PM
Location:  Greensboro, NC
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9758(C40-9W) NS 9113(C40-9W) NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 8366(C40-8W)
Views:  729   Comments: 0
Westbound coal and NS GE's
Title:  Westbound coal and NS GE's
Description:  An increasingly rare C39-8E leads a westbound coal train through the curve at Devon, West Virginia.
Photo Date:  9/6/2007  Upload Date: 9/23/2007 10:52:29 PM
Location:  Devon, WV
Author:  David Rohdenburg
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 9113(C40-9W)
Views:  1029   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/16/2007 4:29:32 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  679   Comments: 0
Sunrise on the yard
Title:  Sunrise on the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 12/14/2007 7:41:00 AM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 2550(SD70) NS 8584(C39-8)
Views:  1123   Comments: 2
NS road power tied down on a wonderful, fall morning
Title:  NS road power tied down on a wonderful, fall morning
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/18/2007 5:40:03 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 2550(SD70) NS 8584(C39-8)
Views:  1180   Comments: 2
NS 8688 / C39-8E
Title:  NS 8688 / C39-8E
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/16/2007 4:29:32 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  811   Comments: 0
NS 2550 & 8688
Title:  NS 2550 & 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/18/2007 5:40:03 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 2550(SD70) NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  933   Comments: 0
Sunrise on tie yard
Title:  Sunrise on tie yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 12/24/2007 8:42:37 AM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 2550(SD70)
Views:  884   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/16/2007 4:29:35 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  690   Comments: 0
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/16/2007 4:29:36 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  609   Comments: 0
Late morning on the yard
Title:  Late morning on the yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 12/14/2007 7:41:01 AM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 2550(SD70) NS 8584(C39-8)
Views:  1117   Comments: 0
NS 8688, 2550 & 8584 tied down for the morning
Title:  NS 8688, 2550 & 8584 tied down for the morning
Description:  NS 9043 popping her nose out.
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/18/2007 5:40:04 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 2550(SD70) NS 8584(C39-8)
Views:  1110   Comments: 1
NS 8688
Title:  NS 8688
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/16/2007 4:29:38 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E)
Views:  753   Comments: 0
Nature puts on a beautiful fall show
Title:  Nature puts on a beautiful fall show
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 10/18/2007 5:40:05 PM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories:  Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  NS 9043(C40-9W) NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 2550(SD70) NS 8584(C39-8)
Views:  1187   Comments: 0
Early fall colors come to life, mid morning
Title:  Early fall colors come to life, mid morning
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/11/2007  Upload Date: 12/24/2007 8:42:42 AM
Location:  Shenandoah, VA
Author:  Stephen Brock
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 2550(SD70) NS 8584(C39-8)
Views:  996   Comments: 1
NS 8688 on NS 210
Title:  NS 8688 on NS 210
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/6/2008  Upload Date: 1/13/2015 11:58:59 PM
Location:  Jacksonville, FL
Author:  Cameron Manning
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 8688(C39-8E) NS 8335(C40-8W) NS 9766(C40-9W)
Views:  843   Comments: 0

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