An Unlikely Trio

The 1980 National Railway Historical Society convention was actually an international event, taking place in Toronto. A Southern Railway tradition was to run a sp... (more)

EMD Leasing 1557 (ex-NW 1557) leads a freight thru Hoffman Avenue in St. Paul, MN in October of 1991.

A westbound freight train out of Marquette snakes up grade to Monona. The 13 mile climb was tough pull for westbounds to get out of the Mississippi River Valley. The train is bound for Mason City ... (more)

With a friendly wave from the engineer, an ex-PRR SD35 heads up an intermodal freight, passing by a typical electro-pneumatic interlocking. Note the PC Deepwater green block station on the left, ... (more)

On Familiar Turf

Conrail SD35 6043 began life as Jersey Central 2504 in 1965. For the first seven years of its life, it regularly plied the rails between Jersey City, new Jersey, a... (more)

3 SD35's lead Montana Rail Link's night gas off the 10th Subdivision at Paradise, MT.

A N&W SD45 and SD35 rest at Weller Yard in April 1971.

SD35’s!

In the early 1980’s, M&K Junction near Rowlesburg, West Virginia was a stronghold for Chessie SD35’s running out some of their later days in helper service. Here one ... (more)

A nice blue string on a snowy day, with a former Pennsy unit in the lead. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

KANSAS CITY KS May 2 1982 -- Norfolk and Western SD35 1502 leads a UP mixed freight with the Kansas City skyline as a backdrop.

Perhaps the most unremarked shortline, FRVR 2500 leads a train eastbound (compass south) on the C&NW's Old Line main from Milwaukee to Chicago. An SD35 and two SD24's make up a consist in a scene ... (more)

Southern Railway SD35 #3049 leads a southbound manifest through Richwood, KY.

Southern Railway SD35 #219 leads a southbound manifest through Florence, KY.

Southern Railway SD35 #3016 leads 2 more SD35s, a GP30, and a GP35 southbound through Richwood, KY.

The Jersey Central’s last purchase of new freight power was twelve SD35’s in 1965. Nine secondhand SD40’s from the B&O rounded out the CNJ’s second generation freight roster, and together ... (more)