MILW 5056 rests in the scrapyard on Jones Island with some RR cranes and an old gondola. The U25B would sit here for several years before being donated to the Illinois RR Museum. The fleet is also... (more)
A local crew takes its pair of Conrail GP38-2’s into a fairly quiet Allentown yard. A train sitting on the main line and one string of cars in the receiving yard are the only other visible sign... (more)
Only F I ever saw riding on Alco trucks. It looks pretty cool and probably pulled better. Unfortunately I don't think any of the As got this treatment.
Imagine it, I was in college getting away for a short trip to catch the exotic "foreign" roads and didn't even realize they had any of these, dinosaurs even in those days, and one comes ... (more)