Empty Ethanol train westbound 386 axles at a time.

K&T's facility in the tiny town sits hard by the CNO&TP main. Here we see the main, the scale house, NS maintenance of way trailers and the entire roster or ex-DRGW Alcos. In the seventies there... (more)

Always in the market for a bargain, KCS picked up this former B&O unit somewhere and upgraded it throughout. Today it's working a local, AKA a "dodger", a delightfully quaint nickname I... (more)

Years ago CN bought a slew of these and seemed to almost immediately decided they didn't need them all. They ended up all over. With added dynamic brakes they look great. A snow hood would be n... (more)

A westbound C&O freight is rolling through the curved yard as a GP30M yard switcher stands by. Photo by Jim Satterwhite.

Sitting in the sweltering heat of the eastern Old Dominion, this long unit seems to indicate the reduced status of this once bustling yard. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

One of the freshest Chessie paint jobs I've seen and a "basic" 40. Photo by Jim Satterwhite.

Faded glory. Having once been resplendent in SAL green, then drab in SCL and in two days to be owned by the "railroad with no name", this unit awaits its next assignment in the humid so... (more)

Still at home, this former Clinchfield unit is sitting outside the former passenger depot. Even in those days oil bath air filters were rare on 38s. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Still possessing the rotating light and renumbered with a stencil this unit is sitting across from the old depot. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

"Brrrrr, hey guys, it's cold out here, start me up, get a broom, come on!" Former L&N unit toughs it out on a winter's day. In its zeal to repaint into Family Lines L&N jumped (or were... (more)

At a time when the yard was much busier than today a former Family Lines rests between moves. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

I miss these old models and remember how it seems as if they would be around forever.

They didn't seem to be much of a rebuild at the time but they've hung in there with many still serving honorably, old by either built date or rebuild date. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection... (more)