NS 6587, the lowest-numbered SD60 built for NS and one of 47 still in active service, leads Charlotte-Atlanta intermodal 221 through the sweeping s-curve at Red Lane, on the north end of the double track through Gainesville, GA.
The EMD SD (special duty) series are a strong and reliable kind of locomotive which still serve America's rails today. They have proved themselves reliable by clocking in several million miles of freight service over several decades.
