Getting there. Not quite the soon-to-be standard van power of a quartet of GP40s, this train, most likely Mail 9, has a GP38-2 in the third slot as it take a run at Horseshoe Curve.
Cumberland, MD, October, 1989 - A colorful set of road power pulls a general freight past Mexico Tower and out of the Mexico Yard in Cumberland, headed for Brunswick, MD and points east. One of th... (more)
Back twenty years ago you might find the local switching cars into Forney Industries (You do remember the furniture industry, don't you?) This crew must have been on what we USAF tiypes called a ... (more)
Even in 1994, this EB freight with only 4-axle units, raised a fair bit of interest. Convenient in those days. I lived just across the road from the siding and would stroll over for shots, espec... (more)