Freshly painted SD40M-2 5494 and 5493 lead 521 out of E. Binghamton. Both SD40M-2s are former Denver & Rio Grande Western SD45s and were rebuilt by MK. The 5494 has since been retired.
Ex-LV unit decked out in one of the several experimental simplified paint schemes is already dirty but not bad. Sort of looks likes CSX's highly imaginative present paint job.
A classic Conrail power consist has this WB stack train rolling down the old Erie main just west of “QD”. I’m standing on the old DL&W main. The 2 lines ran right next to each other in Bingh... (more)