RIP Elk River. Nice long try. So many places I have no need to visit any more.
An SD40-3 dashing ethanol loads Eastward.
CSXT 911 kicking up snow in the yard. 9-11, Never Forget. 21 Years ago. Do you remember where you were?
A flared MAC in command of i008 Friday night.
Returning from their remote interchange with the A & O the day’s freight will stop briefly stop then proceed toward Elkins to switch a salt warehouse and a quarry. A little phonied up but 70-ye... (more)
Robbed of engine, traction motors, generator etc. the famous Bicentennial unit is in a line of other shells who will not be preserved in a museum. I hope, in time, that 1776 will get new modern i... (more)
Wabash Railroad FA1 1202A and its mates are seen in the yard at Peru Indiana in 1959. From my collection, Dennis Schmidt photo.
“Red sky in the morning, sailor take warning”. Well our battery did go out and we got a very good look at this former GM&O unit before road service showed up.
A little “oops”. Check out the rear axle of this unit sitting at the yard office. Late in the day it appeared they were preparing to re-rail it.
SB ethanol on the former IC.
Southbound rainbow consist.
Two old stablemates ease into town with a local.
Confirmed originally TP, ex MP ex WAMX but no reporting marks found. All ready for a trip, probably the last one.
Confirmed originally ACL, ex SCL, ex WAMX but no reporting marks found. All ready for a trip, probably the last one.
Yard switcher du jour.