A pair of U33Cs and a GP35 drop down into Illmo just after crossing the Mississippi River. Wouldn't say the big GEs were rare on this end of SP/SSW, but they were unusual enough (at least, in my ... (more)
It’s not the best-looking unit on the roster, but it’s still a U33C pulling a Penn Division detour train on the Delaware & Hudson. The train is just entering Conrail’s Southern Tier Line fro... (more)
In Conrail's first summer, a trio of six-axle GEs led by U33C 6551 head up a westbound freight out of Boston's Beacon Park Yard at Ashland, MA, on the former Boston & Albany.
An ex-EL U33C, a U30C and a C628 are on the head end of a long freight in Oneonta. The D&H traded its three SD-45's for three EL U33C's.
Snow has fallen all the way down to the Dike siding in Devore on Cajon Pass, as SP 8688 sets out the UP 3387 on the main. Later, the train will pull forward and the helper crew will attach the UP ... (more)
Squaw Creek's U33Cs 5752 and 3809, seen here with empties, were I believe the last of their kind to remain active in the U.S.
The head-end brakeman is about to detrain as northbound WR-1 arrives in Port Henry. The hoppers on the head-end will be set off and taken up the old Lake Champlain and Moriah Railroad, which by t... (more)
The head end crew is on board and the three U33C's (756-755-754) soon will leave Whitehall Yard for Rouses Point. WR-1 and RW-6 were the mainline freights between Wilkes Barre, PA and Rouses Point... (more)
During a pause in the heavy snowfall, a mid-train helper blasts out of tunnel 9 as it assists in lifting a heavy SP drag up and around the Loop. The train, which originated in the Pacific Northwes... (more)
The RDCs and the smokestack in the background indicate that Erie Lackawanna U33C 3315 is an out-of-town visitor as it lays over beneath the sand towers at the Boston & Maine's Boston Engine Termin... (more)
Erie Lackawanna U33C 3304 at Croxton Yard
A northbound Delaware & Hudson train with two cabooses gets a push from a U33C climbing up Belden Hill at Sanitaria Springs, New York.
On a typical Southern Tier day, two Delaware & Hudson U33C’s push a northbound train up Belden Hill at Sanitaria Springs, New York.
One of the Delaware & Hudson’s U33C’s leads four Alcos northbound at Sanitaria Springs, New on a rainy July day.
Big Boats on the Star One of the staples of Allentown-area train operations before Conrail was Reading train HB8. Operating from Harrisburg (Rutherford) to Bethlehem (actual... (more)