PUEBLO CO July 16 1979 - BN U25C 5617 is ready to depart. The unit was delivered in April 1965 as Northern Pacific 2517. It was retired March 1981. My photo.

Given the choice between an unturbo'd EMD 567 at full cry or one of these lugging into Norton, VA with a big train, I guess I would have to flip a coin as to which I like best. This L&N alumnus i... (more)

BN 5617 and 5663 pair up with some X-NP F9s at BN's former GN Harrison St. engine facilities in March 1974. BN 5617 was NP 2517, built in June 1965 and retired in March 1981. BN 5663 was CB&Q 575,... (more)

A long gone sight A L&N GE U25C # 1516 leads a coal train out on line near Evansville Indiana on a nice fall day in october 1978

BN U25C 5653 leads an eastbound freight through Baring, WA. The train will pass the westbound North Coast Hiawatha, out of view, here and continue east to Skykomish to add helpers before continuin... (more)

A CC U25C and BB U30B bracket a newer GEBB on a northbound freight at North Charleston.

A few minutes after a quick pick-up/set-out at Bennett Yard in North Charleston, train 120 zooms up the slight grade into Hanahan. This 120 has a pair of big ol' six-axle GEs - a welcome relief f... (more)

Early Conrail action finds a set of power headed to Bethlehem Engine Terminal after dropping its train next to the steel mill in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Here a clean Penn Central U25C leads... (more)

The squeal of 6-axle flanges from a pair of U-Boats announce the passing of pushers down-bound, returning to Altoona for their next push westbound up the curve. U25C 6502 and 6536 a U-30C.

Conrail Train BJ-4 works its 132-car train in South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. More than likely, Allentown yard is plugged, and the only place to make a setout is on this side of the Lehigh River Th... (more)

In the late 1970s on SCL's former ACL main through the Carolinas, U36Bs powered all of Auto-Train's monsters, as well as most of SCL's UPS and other intermodal trains. On 'lesser' trains, there w... (more)

A visit to Conrail’s engine facility in Niagara Falls, New York turned up this CR U25C/PC U30C combination.

Lake Superior & Ishpeming U25C no. 2501 sits on display under their ore dock at Presque Isle, near Marquette, MI, while CEFX 1004 and mate handle dock duties. At present, all ore is mined at the T... (more)

When Penn Central took over the New Haven, it imported a group of ex-PRR six-axle U25Cs to supplement the NH's own U25Bs in heavy freight service on the hilly Maybrook Line. Here U25C 6510 and its... (more)

LS&I 2501 and 2500 switch the ore dock in Marquette, MI in August of 1974. Bob Ferge Kodachrome from my collection.