The Colorful Norfolk Southern

A visual history of Norfolk Southern’s evolution from monochrome engines to colorful heritage locomotives and beyond.

The Norfolk Southern Railway, formed by the merger of the Norfolk & Western and Southern Railways in 1982, has been known since its inception for the black and white/monochrome livery applied to its locomotives. While both of its predecessors once made use of more colorful hues on their motive power, by the 1970s both roads had turned to black paint, although the Southern als...