Repainted from its drab ex-SCL paint this is the railroad's entire and is pulling a southbound pulpwood-heavy local. This line, now greatly upgraded, is now part of Aberdeen, Carolina & Western a... (more)

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.

Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

Very early in the era of the Seaboard System an ex-L&N unit leads a great assortment of movie power on a mine run heading back toward Hazard. Somebody forgot to obliterate the "L&N".

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)

SBD intended to use the 6200 series for GP38s etc. but some never got renumbered before CSX came along. Here an ex-L&N unit bearing what I call the "SCL Revenge" paint scheme is tied do... (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)

Looks like the yard crew is switching a little company fuel or such with two of my favorite EMDs.

The "field" is more full of units today and this unit may be set up to go out on a road freight.

Sitting in what was called "the field" ready for assignment is one of the best looking locomotives repainted into this scheme, a former Clinchfield unit. For an earlier photo see 44793... (more)