NS now has I-phone APP for Heritage Diesels

ROTFL!!!

For those of you in Rio Linda, that means:

Rolling On The Floor Laughing!

So far all I see is where they have been and a button to Report a Sighting.  I missed the PRR in Harrisburg on June 29th at 10:31 PM.  Oh, darn.   I don't see anything that would show an upcoming schedule.

edit:  It is all reported sightings based - at this point.

edit2:  Works on iPad, but not iPad enhanced.

...from NSOU website,

Norfolk Southern has released an update to its mobile app featuring the ability to track and report sightings of the company’s 30^th anniversary heritage locomotive fleet.

The latest version of the NS app, originally released last August, is now available for iPhone, with a version for Droid phones to be available later. “Heritage” gives users the ability to see where the NS heritage locomotives have been spotted and to report and post photographs of new sightings. Release of the app upgrade coincides with the display of all 20 heritage locomotives July 3-4 at the North Carolina Transportation Museum at Spencer, N.C., after which the locomotives will return to freight service.

My comments * and **...

*It does not state that there will be a listing of where the Heritage locomotives will be but where they are and recently were - based on postings. With some idea as to NSOU train schedules, one may be able to predict if a Heritage locomotive will be nearby your location so you can observe safely.

** Maybe GPS links can be added in future.

Hope this explains a bit more.

Walter M. Matuch

I like the app but I wish that NS would tag where the locomotives will be rather than have people log sightings. There are already a bunch of fake sightings popping up.