CSX R171, the former OBSS (Orange Blossom Special-South), with RF&P 121 plus four, charges west, Main to No. 1, past the CPLs guarding Rossville interlocking on the Philadelphia Sub ... (more)
After switching local industries, the crew on Cotton Belt 7607 takes a dinner break in Huntington Beach.
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)
WALSENBURG CO July 4 1978 – D&RGW GP40 3085 and four other B-truck locos smoke their way out of town with a mixed freight in tow. According to www.drgw.net 3085 was, "Retired by UP 25-May-2... (more)
A Southern Pacific freight approaches its Chicago destination at LaVergne in Berwyn, Illinois, on Burlington Northern’s busy Aurora to Chicago triple-track main line on May 28, 1992. A trio of R... (more)
N&W 1373 waits in the hole, as a manifest freight heads east on the former Nickel Plate Road Chicago-Fort Wayne mainline.
Former IC unit. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.
A former SCL unit appears to be the yard switcher on this date. By this point the switcher usually was a 6-axle.
In the big cut a southbound mixed freight rattles down the former L&N main. Looks like a humid day and the train is going somewhat slower than normal due to the freshly scattered ballast.
Westbound local at Fishtrap.
A pair of Respondek GP-40s sit at America's Central Port in Granite City, Illinois.
A pair of Geeps switches cars in Longmont
A Conrail alumnus has returned home to lead this hot double stack train. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.
Originally PC. Photo by Mike Dolenski. From my collection.
A machinist from the shop gives Copper Basin Railway EMD GP40 No. 301 and GP39 No. 401 a early morning once over before the power heads out on the Smelter Job on April 21, 2017.
