Tired of SBD's offerings one could find this train off the Winston Salem Southbound featuring my candidate for the ungliest paint job ever intentionally applied to a locomotive. They could have p... (more)

Trains arrived (I think they still do.) by going north on the old SAL main and backing into the receiving yard. This resulted in a nice runby just as it was before CSX in their infinite wisdom ch... (more)

Reasonably certain of the lineage of this unit.

Amtrak 92 at the Seaboard Air Line Depot in Hamlet

CSX L703 on the East/West Connection in Hamlet

CSX M492 in Hamlet

Seaboard Air Line Heritage Engine at the Hamlet Seaboard Festival

On display at the Hamlet Station is Seaboard Air Line SDP35 1114, one of only 35 of these locomotives built. The EMD SDP35 is a 6-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by General Motors Electro-M... (more)

The "Silver Meteor" is running late giving me an opportunity to take a shot in daylight.

Yes, OK it is SBD and that's its short lived new number but I want to hang on to "our railroad" a little longer. This is what happens when a locomotive that's been filthy all it's like ... (more)

Freshly repainted Seaboard Air Line 1114 in Hamlet

CSX S554 led by the Honoring Our Veterans and ONECSX engines on the East/West Connection in Hamlet on its way to Jesup, MD with equipment for the upcoming Military Parade in Washington, DC

Built for SCL. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.

These didn't impress at the time but most have worked many years for their later owners.

Originally B&O and bearing the marks of late production of this model, this unit is resting in the sun awaiting the next job.