Presenting Streamliner #26-and-a-half: Hoping for a unique photo opportunity, I packed this N-scale model of an NKP PA with the rest of my photo gear. I had tried a few times throughout th... (more)
Streamliners! Sixteen cab units, as viewed from above.
While not a true dome, of course, the Auto Train's Sightseer lounge is certainly the best place to watch the scenery pass by.
Class of 1939: Spencer's two oldest Streamliners sit side-by-side during the day's festivities. Despite their mutual age of 75 years, they look great.
One Year Later: As the Saturday photo shoot began to wind down and was almost ready to close, the fans began to stir: NKP 190 was on the move. It was being pulled from its spot by the roun... (more)
Shovel Noses - 1: The Streamliners event featured a rare opportunity to see the NCTM's superb ACL E-unit o... (more)
When CB&Q E5 9911-A was brought out of the roundhouse and parked so it could be prepared for its excursion duties, a large photo line appeared only a few moments after the diesel had stopped movin... (more)
The J: At the end one of the first public excursions pulled by 611 in her third career, N&W's classic J locomotive was swarmed by fans.
1218: We've seen a good deal of 611 and 2156 lately, but 1218 has managed to stay out of the limelight. With just a few more days until the reunion of the N&W Three, though, here's a pictu... (more)
For a fan of Alco diesels, few things are better than meeting your first Alco cab unit. If that cab unit should happen to be a PA, all the better!
Fresh from a repainting by Norfolk Southern, Southern 6900 practically shone. Although it was, to a certain extent, left out of the lime-light because of the event's more exotic participants, the ... (more)
Shovel Noses - 2: Though the two locomotives had many similarities, the two pre-war E-units on display at ... (more)
The Famous Profile - One of the most famous profiles in American railroading was on display at the night photo shoot at Spencer.
Streamliners: A few of the Spencer Streamliners lounge in the afternoon sun.
No nose doors on those noses: I'd always had a vague notion that there was 'something missing' on these units; a Railroad: Union PacificLocomotive: EMD E9(A)Location: Spencer, North Carolina, USALocomotive #: UP 949Train ID: UnknownPhoto Date: May 31, 2014
