All lined up for their last portrait these units will soon be parted out and scrapped at Allied Services' scrapyard. They looked pretty good outside but had been raided for parts. You would thin... (more)

Ties up local switcher.

I really liked the "torpedo boat", with the sign. Which cigarette really is "lowest"?

Back when it still had a name this unit was the regular switcher at the GATX tank car facility at the east end of the SP Yard.

Twenty five years ago the Kodachrome paint scheme was already a curiosity. I've seen worse paint schemes.

A GP-7 & a late model GP-9 used to commonly show up and just wait around until the the train of coal for the Kingston plant showed up. I think it all moves in unit trains now.

I got a shot of this beautiful machine on my very last trip to San Berdoo.

This was one of the worst fire damaged units I have ever seen. The only giveaway was the D/B and the old style trucks. In any case, later in the month CR 6480 emerged from the NLR shops in fresh... (more)

Sometime in the seventies, maybe Port Hope. This is what happens when you don't label slides when you get them folks.

The big 20 cylinder units were not that uncommon on the helpers but were a nice change from the ubiquitous GP-35s. These are shoving an eastbound still with that beautiful cabin car.

Always a good place for roster shots back in the good old days.

Great to get see a straight set of all 20 cylinder units one last time as this one heads east in fine style.

I had just moved from CA back east was a thrilled to be only 4 hours from the farm. The days were crisp and the reddish sun angle enriched the colors as this daily freight prepared to depart for ... (more)

USS once had a rather large coal operation in this little town. Here a classic industrial locomotive setup shows the unit with a brake trailer, a block heater cord for a weekend shutdown and a ex... (more)

I was used to seeing these in the early 70s on the old AB&C in Georgia but was pleasantly surprised to see this one coming out of the locomotive washer here in NC. Locomotive washers, a part of t... (more)