ex BN 5453, nee CB&Q 109

ex RI 252

Empties roll south along US 68, passing the Bourbon Drive-In Theater on the outskirts of Paris. Quite the consist with seven former CSX B36-7's, wearing three different TTI paint schemes.

Built for Rock Island and displaying the early-style carbody this classic old GE is preparing to join seven or so of its stablemates in taking the daily coal train across the bucolic countryside t... (more)

As thunderstorms build over the Ohio River valley near Maysville, an eastbound TTI drag under the power of a trio of -7's, interchanges with CSX at the small CSX/TTI interchange yard in downtown.

Refugee from the Rock Island, this early-style version of the U28B exhibits a common U-boat characteristiic I have never seen modelled. Notice the leaves all over the radiator screens?

A paint job to warm the cockles of a bean counter's heart. This ex-P&LE unit had apparently not even gotten the yellow doors before being whisked of to this great little rural coal hauler.

Great place for old GEs to work in semi-retirement. It has to be fall, just look at that radiator screen.

A U28 of obvious P&LE heritage rests at Paris.

All most a photo run by with about 20 fans shooting this spot.

Seven B36-7s emerge from a tree tunnel between Millersburg and Paris with empties for CSX.

Seven B36-7s, wearing three different TTI schemes, lead an empty hopper train south along scenic Strodes Run Pike. Seen here just after 6:00 PM on a beautiful June evening, these empties couldn't ... (more)

TTI VO-1000 #9 in the deadline at Paris, KY || April 1987

Old warriors. The ex-BN unit was being moved around to be painted the next day.

Pushing at the rear is TTI 5895 about to make its final journey into Maysville. There they will off load the coal into barges for its final destination.