7404 in the short lived, solid blue paint sheme.
A 3 builder lashup of a U-30B, GP-35, and C-628 pause at Hornell long enough for a crew change and a photo. The D&H C-628 was running out it's last miles on the D&H.
Big footed Chessie cats haul a coal train West on the P&LE main at College Station. Four axle units still ruled the fleet at the time, as CSX had over 700 GP-40 & GP40-2's, so catching these big u... (more)
D&H power stops for fuel at Hornell. That EL truck was the vehicle the fueling guy used to go back and forth from the crew change area to the fuel racks.
Looks like the head end brakeman is sleeping and the engineer never turned the headlight on.
On New Years Eve a Westbound tackles Richmondville Hill. No doubt the crew wants to get home in time for the Holiday.
An Easter Sunday visit to the Chessie engine terminal in Rochester yielded this nice lashup of 4 GP-30s still in B&O blue.
A Westbound freight heels into the middle of Horseshoe Curve, This angle shows the superelevation that was present in the track.
For a few years, starting in April 1976, D&H trains would get fuel at Hornell. The power on Apollo-1 is on the main as the units get a drink next to the old EL engine facility.
3 ex Illinois Terminal SD-39's that Guilford bought from NS lead a MEC U25-B on an Eastbound leaving Silver Springs.
NS 1072 leads a detouring I1E on the Portage Bridge in Letchworth State Park. The detour was required because of the big derailment of 18N in Altoona, PA.
CNW 404 leads a Westbound as it makes a run for Stockton Hill. The train would end up having to double the hill between Stockton and Lewiston.
LV's red or D&H's lightning stripe looked best on the C-420s, but you can't say that 415 looks bad in the solid blue with stripes.
The dead line at the LA&L shops include 3 faded pink ex GB&W units.
A coal train arrives at Altoona on a dreary, wet, day.
