All painted up with no place to go, at least in the short term. This unit was stored, as evidenced by the cut-in-half 55 gallon drum over the turbo stack.
Yes a unit can be too clean, as this newly repainted, ex IC gem demonstrates. Fresh from VMV back in the day when we rejoiced to see any other their locomotives in nice paint.
Bringing in a coal train picked up from CSX these ex-ATSF units still have a sort of "bonnet" paint scheme. They feed to prodigious appetite of what was TVA's largest steam plant, consuming aroun... (more)
Ex CR, probably originally a PRR unit, this old Geep still has a useful life in Nebraska.
With Union Pacific again running whats left of the Modoc Line, 2 Modoc Northern units sit on a spur track in Tulelake, Ca.
Resplendent in glossy new paint, a Utah Railway GP38-3 awaits its next assignment spotted on the service track at Midvale Yard. The 2004 was rebuilt and repainted by G&W shop forces at Panama City... (more)
Dawn brakes at Kirk Yard.
Amtrak train #3 the "Southwest Chief" leans into the curve at West Devore, CA, descending Cajon Pass led by Santa Fe's last original factory painted FP 45.
The familiar flanks of a GE ES44AC lead UP's West Colton - North Platte freight through Salt Lake City while the Utah State Capitol Building (built in 1916) looms on nearby Capitol Hill.
Shiny and new GE ES44AH units lead the MNPWC west out of Salt Lake City through CP C783, Grant Tower.
Erie 436 is moved to the shop by LV 112 in the late day sun.
BNSF 9492 & 6125 are the dpu's on an eastbound coal train.
Switcher 1072 within the Union Pacific Steam Shops, Cheyenne, Wyoming.
The only oil-fired locomotive there, something of a sacrilege in WV but looking good none the less. This little lokie is now in Oregon.
With dusk fast approaching, an empty Philly oil train heads back west bound for the oil fields in North Dakota with the Norfolk Southern Interstate Heritage engine in the lead. After being delayed... (more)
