Lightning hits the pine tree - The Guilford acquisition of the Delaware & Hudson resulted in the reassignment of D&H U23B's to the Maine Central. Two lightning-stripe units with pine tree heralds ... (more)
In a scene that could just as easily be 1970 as 2015, the conductor on GC train Y103 dismounts to throw a switch at the Southeastern Paper Mill in Dublin, GA.
Next to GP38s (and GP38-2s) U23Bs were the most common power of L&N run-through trains that began using the WofA in 1973. On this day, 2739 fronted a set that included another U23B, two GP30s an... (more)