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Pictures of NS 9978
 
Owner: Norfolk Southern
Model:GE C44-9WBuilt As:NS 9978 (C40-9W)
Serial Number:55424Order No:1972
Frame Number: Built:12/2004
Notes:Uprated from 4,000 to 4,400 horsepower
Other locos with this serial:  NS 9978(C40-9W) NS 9978(C44-9W)
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NS Roadrailer
Title:  NS Roadrailer
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/17/2013  Upload Date: 2/1/2015 12:43:47 PM
Location:  Holloway, MI
Author:  Jeff Williams
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  615   Comments: 2
NS #9978
Title:  NS #9978
Description:  Quick shot through a fence and trees.
Photo Date:  4/12/2014  Upload Date: 12/18/2014 4:32:03 AM
Location:  Worthington, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C40-9W) NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
NS #9978
Title:  NS #9978
Description:  In tow on their own rails.
Photo Date:  4/21/2014  Upload Date: 9/23/2014 6:01:35 AM
Location:  Columbus, OH
Author:  Victoria Broskie
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C40-9W) NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  541   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  BNSF EB Grain load
Photo Date:  8/19/2014  Upload Date: 8/25/2014 6:54:03 AM
Location:  Onalaska, WI
Author:  Jim Matuska
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  730   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/9/2014  Upload Date: 11/30/2014 10:55:08 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Chris Wallace
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  502   Comments: 0
NS 9978 leads NS 37Q
Title:  NS 9978 leads NS 37Q
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/22/2014  Upload Date: 11/22/2014 1:30:49 PM
Location:  Morristown, TN
Author:  Johnny Winkler
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
NS 9978 lead as NS 12G southbound train
Title:  NS 9978 lead as NS 12G southbound train
Description:  Afterward they spend work duty and, drop off inbound cars around at NS Jello yard in Dover, DE for NS K94 local train then they begin to head way to Harrington, DE
Photo Date:  2/24/2015  Upload Date: 3/10/2015 12:48:26 PM
Location:  Wyoming, DE
Author:  David Nutter
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 2556(SD70) NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 9978(C40-9W)
Views:  680   Comments: 3
NS 9978 in the lead of NS 9899 heading east over Pope Lick.
Title:  NS 9978 in the lead of NS 9899 heading east over Pope Lick.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/3/2015  Upload Date: 5/5/2015 11:43:29 PM
Location:  Louisville, KY
Author:  Michael Hartman
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  570   Comments: 1
NS 7619
Title:  NS 7619
Description:  Ns 538
Photo Date:  5/3/2015  Upload Date: 5/9/2015 11:31:38 AM
Location:  Coburn, PA
Author:  DJ Miller
Categories:  Roster,Signal,Track,Action
Locomotives:  NS 7619(ES44DC) NS 6924(SD60E) NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  629   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/14/2015  Upload Date: 8/14/2015 8:46:08 PM
Location:  Amherst, OH
Author:  William Bofinger
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  545   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  NS 24M
Photo Date:  8/22/2015  Upload Date: 8/30/2015 9:19:27 PM
Location:  Leetsdale, PA
Author:  Michael Rujak
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  369   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  NS 24M
Photo Date:  8/22/2015  Upload Date: 8/30/2015 9:19:23 PM
Location:  Leetsdale, PA
Author:  Michael Rujak
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  311   Comments: 0
NS 9978 on 21E
Title:  NS 9978 on 21E
Description:  NS 9978 is on 21E at Aqueduct, Pa 9/3/2015
Photo Date:  9/3/2015  Upload Date: 9/4/2015 7:02:22 AM
Location:  Aqueduct, PA
Author:  John Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 9572(C44-9W) NS 9701(C44-9W)
Views:  594   Comments: 0
NS 19G
Title:  NS 19G
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/12/2015  Upload Date: 9/12/2015 6:02:36 PM
Location:  Wyomissing, PA
Author:  Mark McCabe
Categories:  Roster,Model,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  383   Comments: 0
NS 9978 on 24J
Title:  NS 9978 on 24J
Description:  NS 9978 is on 24J at Union, NJ 9/22/2015
Photo Date:  9/22/2015  Upload Date: 9/24/2015 4:13:49 AM
Location:  Union, NJ
Author:  John Durant
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 2723(SD70M-2)
Views:  697   Comments: 3
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  NS 9978
Photo Date:  1/23/2016  Upload Date: 1/23/2021 11:37:33 PM
Location:  Elk River, MN
Author:  Keon McGarvey
Categories:  Roster,Winter,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  389   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  NS SB Intermodal
Photo Date:  4/28/2016  Upload Date: 9/21/2016 4:44:10 AM
Location:  Mableton, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 9753(C44-9W)
Views:  495   Comments: 1
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/28/2016  Upload Date: 9/21/2016 4:44:13 AM
Location:  Mableton, GA
Author:  Allan Williams Jr.
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  332   Comments: 1
Norfolk Southern 212
Title:  Norfolk Southern 212
Description:  North on the CSAO Lehigh Line
Photo Date:  4/30/2016  Upload Date: 5/2/2016 2:02:26 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Jacob Rink
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 9753(C44-9W) NS 9967(C44-9W)
Views:  553   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/17/2016  Upload Date: 12/30/2016 7:39:32 PM
Location:  Hudson, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  785   Comments: 3
NS 9978 9239
Title:  NS 9978 9239
Description:  EB NS
Photo Date:  4/17/2017  Upload Date: 10/5/2017 8:31:56 PM
Location:  Princeton, IN
Author:  Zachary Walters
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 9239(C44-9W)
Views:  664   Comments: 1
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  NS 15T...
Photo Date:  7/1/2017  Upload Date: 7/1/2017 9:16:43 PM
Location:  Crudup, AL
Author:  Dale Vaughn
Categories:  Roster,Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  669   Comments: 1
Westbound intermodal train 211 approaches
Title:  Westbound intermodal train 211 approaches
Description:  211 runs from Coxton Yard, NJ to Atlanta.
Photo Date:  10/21/2017  Upload Date: 10/31/2017 11:28:14 AM
Location:  Bound Brook, NJ
Author:  Jay Epstein
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  286   Comments: 0
NS 9978 leads train 211
Title:  NS 9978 leads train 211
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/21/2017  Upload Date: 10/21/2017 9:00:57 PM
Location:  Macungie, PA
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  534   Comments: 1
NS 9978 leads train 211
Title:  NS 9978 leads train 211
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/21/2017  Upload Date: 10/21/2017 9:01:01 PM
Location:  Macungie, PA
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  550   Comments: 2
NS 9978 leads train 211
Title:  NS 9978 leads train 211
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/21/2017  Upload Date: 10/21/2017 9:01:09 PM
Location:  Macungie, PA
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  459   Comments: 1
NS 9978, the highest # D9-44CW on the roster
Title:  NS 9978, the highest # D9-44CW on the roster
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/21/2017  Upload Date: 10/21/2017 9:01:15 PM
Location:  Macungie, PA
Author:  Harold Hodnett
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  869   Comments: 2
NS Intermodal 206
Title:  NS Intermodal 206
Description:  60MPH NS eastbound intermodal 206 lead by NS D8-40CW #8330 & NS D9-44CW #9978.
Photo Date:  1/9/2018  Upload Date: 1/12/2018 5:53:33 PM
Location:  Mentor, OH
Author:  Tom Elesh Jr.
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 8330(C40-8W) NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  403   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  NS 9978 trailed on 21M.
Photo Date:  1/12/2018  Upload Date: 7/25/2018 11:41:29 PM
Location:  Piscataway, NJ
Author:  Steven Talarsky
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/14/2018  Upload Date: 1/17/2018 7:11:46 PM
Location:  Hudson, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
NS 9978 leads 24K
Title:  NS 9978 leads 24K
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/16/2018  Upload Date: 2/17/2018 7:59:37 AM
Location:  Langhorne, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  427   Comments: 2
NS 9502
Title:  NS 9502
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/26/2018  Upload Date: 2/15/2019 3:42:28 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Dom Blevins
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9502(C44-9W) NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  534   Comments: 0
NS 9978 leads NS 905 west at CP SULLY after NS 20R is on MAIN 2
Title:  NS 9978 leads NS 905 west at CP SULLY after NS 20R is on MAIN 2
Description:  NS 9978 was the last ever/highest numbered Dash 9 on the NS roster.
Photo Date:  11/3/2020  Upload Date: 11/11/2020 11:07:18 AM
Location:  Hillsborough, NJ
Author:  Thom Horvath
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  281   Comments: 0
NS 905 heads back out on to the main at CP SULLY
Title:  NS 905 heads back out on to the main at CP SULLY
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/3/2020  Upload Date: 11/11/2020 11:14:02 AM
Location:  Hillsborough, NJ
Author:  Thom Horvath
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 38(Track Test Unit)
Views:  315   Comments: 0
NS Track Geometry Special
Title:  NS Track Geometry Special
Description:  Westbound on No. 2, with the last of the fall foliage by Lebanon Alumni Stadium
Photo Date:  11/6/2020  Upload Date: 12/8/2020 8:32:27 PM
Location:  Lebanon, PA
Author:  Bob Kise
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  364   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  25Z on 65E heels slowly passing by Auten Road @ 18:16 hrs
Photo Date:  6/21/2021  Upload Date: 6/28/2021 8:41:11 AM
Location:  Hillsborough, NJ
Author:  Alex Piechowski
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  235   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  second engine on Conrail YPCA15 building NS 39G
Photo Date:  7/22/2021  Upload Date: 7/22/2021 5:22:11 PM
Location:  Camden, NJ
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  289   Comments: 0
UP 2592
Title:  UP 2592
Description:  NS 19K
Photo Date:  7/30/2021  Upload Date: 9/16/2021 2:13:00 PM
Location:  Silver Lake, IN
Author:  Thomas Boyer
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 2592(ET44AH) NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 7598(ES44DC)
Views:  396   Comments: 0
NS 9978 leads east.
Title:  NS 9978 leads east.
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/21/2021  Upload Date: 8/21/2021 8:11:16 PM
Location:  Rootstown, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  323   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/31/2021  Upload Date: 9/15/2022 1:43:35 PM
Location:  Cresson, PA
Author:  Dom Blevins
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  344   Comments: 0
NS 9978 leads 20K
Title:  NS 9978 leads 20K
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/9/2021  Upload Date: 10/12/2021 10:20:44 PM
Location:  Wyomissing, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  290   Comments: 1
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description:  Conrail YPCA15 with NS 39G passing North Philadelphia station on Conrail Delair Branch
Photo Date:  5/5/2022  Upload Date: 5/6/2022 9:49:21 AM
Location:  Philadelphia, PA
Author:  Bob Vogel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  788   Comments: 1
WB Autoracks
Title:  WB Autoracks
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/18/2023  Upload Date: 11/5/2023 8:52:13 PM
Location:  Temple, GA
Author:  C.B Allen
Categories:  Roster,Track
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C40-9W) NS 9608(C40-9W) NS 9978(C44-9W) NS 9608(C44-9W)
Views:  303   Comments: 0
NS 9978 on UNK freight
Title:  NS 9978 on UNK freight
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/28/2023  Upload Date: 11/4/2023 9:09:43 PM
Location:  Wyomissing, PA
Author:  Tim Darnell
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  214   Comments: 2
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/18/2024  Upload Date: 2/6/2024 9:28:50 PM
Location:  Bensenville, IL
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  104   Comments: 1
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/19/2024  Upload Date: 2/16/2024 10:51:59 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  94   Comments: 0
NS 9978
Title:  NS 9978
Description: 
Photo Date:  1/25/2024  Upload Date: 2/23/2024 10:35:45 PM
Location:  Elmhurst, IL
Author:  Bob Keenan
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  230   Comments: 0
NS 9978 east with intermodal freight.
Title:  NS 9978 east with intermodal freight.
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/23/2024  Upload Date: 4/24/2024 10:13:27 AM
Location:  Rootstown, OH
Author:  Fred Stuckmann
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  NS 9978(C44-9W)
Views:  210   Comments: 0

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