In many cases SCL motive power got really ratty. This unit is already SBD but has thus far escaped the relettering man. Photo by Tony Vanier.

Taking the very scenic route to Summerail we caught the entire northbound trip of this coal train. Here units originally bought by SCL are doing yeoman work as helpers. Great to hear that this l... (more)

Here's a look back at a shortline that has undergone a lot of changes since this photo was taken. At the time, the railroad was a roster of mostly U-series GEs hauling a modest amount of freight o... (more)

A U36B/Mate set leads train R623 south into Manchester from Atlanta with heavy pulpwood loads on the head end.

Auto Train in Louisville? Yes, they operated there for a short time. If it had started in Chicago it might have made sense.

I miss these old models and remember how it seems as if they would be around forever.

In Louisville yet. That was short-lived operation. Photo by R J Roll. From my collection.

A grain extra on the Emporia Secondary in charge of one of the units originally ordered by Autotrain and no taken. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

Lettered for Massachusetts Call/Volunteer Firefighters Association and part of the associated safety trainset, #7764 has held a few different paint schemes and road numbers in its time.

One of 4 GE U36B's on Conrail. Built for Auto Train who couldn't take delivery due to financial problems so Conrail bought the 4.

An otherwise nice broadside of the Seaboard Coast Line U36B 1776, the first of hundreds of locomotives painted for the American Bicentennial in the 1970s and operating an all-Bicentennial train (2... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

After a quick drop-off/pick-up at Bennett Yard, the engineer on 120 has the pedal-to-the-metal on his three U36Bs to get his 145 cars rolling northward again. I believe the structure on the left ... (more)

CSXT 5764 hammers the crossing at Fostoria, OH in June of 1993. This unit would later be painted in a vintage ACL/SCL paint scheme.

For the last few years, CSX has not been able to decide what to do with the line from Montgomery down through Dothan and Thomasville to Waycross. They don't seem to want it, but can't seem to let... (more)