A Seaboard System Lafayette yard job rolls south down 5th Street behind two true diesel oddballs, a BQ23-7 and a U-18B.
Northbound 590 from Louisville, KY arrives at Lafayette on a very snowy January afternoon. We're standing on the Shadeland Rd bridge over the old Monon Route south of town. In the background is ... (more)
Local power on former-L&N "Old Line". Note that locomotive lacks "SBD" letters on cab.
The hostlers are moving a string of power to another part of the engine terminal. Washes have been discontinued, maybe because the paint washed off. This unit should be lettered SBD but has some... (more)
Six locomotives are in charge of SBD train 730, waiting for a meet in the siding at Edison Junction, Florida.
Two rare U18B locomotives still in their Seavoard Coast Line paint handle a phosphate train in Plant City, Florida.
This phosphate train appears to be using old coal hoppers.
Strange Bedfellows at Madisonville, Kentucky. The Santa Fe locomotive is owned by Midwest Coal Handling Co.
Strange Bedfellows at Madisonville, Kentucky. The Santa Fe locomotive is owned my Midwest Coal Handling Co.
A rather ratty SD40 is in charge of a Seaboard System freight in Kentucky.
Another U-Boat/Mate set handles a phosphate train in Florida's Bone Valley.
A whole mess of power prowls around Radnor Yard in Nashville.
Renumbered into a short lived series this ex-L&N unit was built with a platform on the cab for Locotrol, which didn't work out. The FL logo was always the first thing to go.
Just when I thought I'd never get to see these again without going to south Georgia a couple show up to work until retirement.
