A pair of LTEX engines wait for D750 to pick them up and more than likely be scrapped.

An eastbound coal drag rolls along the Clinch River through Tazewell en route to Bluefield, Virginia and the Pocahontas Division main line.

GECX 3002 a GE Super Series -7 rests at Bill, At the time CNW was testing a couple of these units in coal service. They hung around awhile as I was back in the area three months later and seen one... (more)

Eastbound Q216 passes what was left of the B&O's yard in Connellsville.

A southbound CSX unit coal train was grinding up Duff Mountain north of Chaska, TN on October 24, 1990, led by leased ATSF C30-7 No. 8148. I remember how disappointed I was when the train emerged... (more)

I noticed this unit has a "slick" nose, no headlight box. I wonder if it was built this way or reworked.

I was really lucky to get a Kodachrome on the front of this eastbound at the now-gone tunnel.

I was really lucky to get a Kodachrome on the front of this eastbound.

Yes, yes of course it was named for Oliver Hazard Perry. Not to worry! Just kdding. Visit the two story McDonalds there. Maybe the only one in the US. They have lots of wide open spaces, stac... (more)

Leased out by EML but happily with an unbutchered paint job these units were scattered around CSX pretty well. Interesting exercise, by the way, try to find the home office, CEO and phone number... (more)

Only a year after I shot them in CA these had been spurned by Big John Santa Fe and hired out as mercenaries for CSX working for something called EML.

I got to looking at the this as a sort of railroad trivia question. We sometime lose sight of history. I realized that double stacks came along before ditch lights. I think they were after cabo... (more)

For me the loss of the tunnels took away a great deal. The new upgrades are great and all that but sometimes it seems to be an interstate highway with rails rather than asphalt. Grudgingly, I'm ... (more)

These were some of the first units which really established GE in the market. For the first time they weren't bad. Not great, but not bad.