An out-of-towner in Railtex colors has show up to help out. Photo by "Boxcar" Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Carrying a Mars light is a give away that this is unit was dedicated to coal service, some of it on the D&RGW.

MOP was a sharp outfit.

Monroe was a favorite place back in the day. Things have settled down unfortunately. The great original paint scheme seems to be trying to get out.

My favorite MKT units were these oddities. I always wondered how they pulled compared to a straight GP9s. And why did they buy dynamic brakes only on these. Most are pictured from the other en... (more)

I posted the other side some years ago. My labelling code says photographer unknown but my caption says it was me. In any case here it is. If I were king all rosters would start at 1.

Looks as if a local came to grief somewhere and is stored awaiting what? Photo by "Boxcar" Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

College/work/etc. entailed weekend/holiday trips. Charge in, get shots and as Ryan Ballard said "friendly wave and a hardy hi yo silver". We we found these, but they were dead on the w... (more)

Back to back buttheads on a local freight. I love it! And one in this B&M inspired scheme. Maine weather, not so much.

Cute. No frills. I bet this thing was a rolling sauna in the Mississippi/Alabama summers. I've always wondered what the curved handrail on the side of cabooses is for. I've never seen it used f... (more)

Wood! That's what it's all about on the M&B especially back here in the pre-Big Orange days. Here a local is doing some work. Interesting line to follow. Pretty much BFE all the way.

In the latter years a butthead was hard to find (not as hard as an SD38-2!). I was glad to see this over ever near sundown.

What a great tpwn in the times before mergers.

I was about to give up on ever seeing a three porthole Phase I F3 when we spotted this thing. Last one also.

It took some chutzpah to go with a white locomotive paint scheme, or was it Murphy's law. Hey, it was interesting. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.