OFFICERS' SPECIAL

An officers' special ran through Hillsdale after Christmas...

Train EOS (Extra, Officers' Special) rolls in.

Leading the train is a special treat; an SD70ACe painted in Virginian colors!

This view shows the PTC (Positive Train Control) equipment on the cab roof, as well as the AP&W logo on the nose. This unit should have been 9169, but instead left Muncie, Ind. with an NS-compatible road number! Since it was built at the same time as NS's Heritage Units, the numbers apparently got mixed up. The unit is expected to have its proper number applied eventually.

The train itself is comprised of (left-to-right) the generator car, a coach, dining car, two sleepers, and a dome buffet-lounge-observation car -all from the company's business car fleet.

Hard to see here, but the tail sign features the AP&W's 'Star' logo. The train is headed back to the Chicago headquarters, after leaving New York City.