An unusual power combo and consist. 51R is usually a grain train but today it had coal emptys on the front. The standard cab is common power for grain trains but this one had the Reading Heritage ... (more)
Union Pacific's engine 1983 dressed in the Western Pacific "Heritage" scheme is paired with UP 6307 still in SP paint as rear DPU power on the UP 1996 East.
Riding atop former Central of Georgia trackage in a remote crossing in western Georgia, the C of G heritage unit provides pushing power as a DPU on an empty coal train that has is heading back for... (more)