Sometimes it is nice to be surprised, in this case with a SD80MAC leading train 212. The 7203 had been bouncing around Atlanta, however it wasn't showing in Inman Yard or as assigned to 212 when ... (more)
A big SD80MAC leads 212.
You can imagine my surprise when a friend called saying 212 was out of Atlanta with an SD80MAC leading. These units are typically held captive in Pennsylvania, but one escaped and wandered down to... (more)
A rare locomotive outside the state of Pennsylvania, one of the 17 ex-Conrail SD80MACs rumbles through downtown Flowery Branch on a pleasant February morning in the lead of hotshot intermodal 212.
Southbound at mp 248 , at Housels Run Rd. in late afternoon.
A rare sight to see: A former Conrail SD80MAC not in coal service on the West Slope. Today, the NS 7203 is called to lead a manifest train from Birmingham, AL to Allentown, PA, seen passing MP 58 ... (more)
Eastbound at MP 151 , with loaded coal train , passing under highway bridge built in 1910, with signals in backround.
A pair of ex-Conrail SD80MACs and a couple of BNSF GEs bring an empty coal train through rural Pettisville, Ohio, on a mild winter evening.
After receiving their weekly servicing at the Cresson locomotive shops, a sextet of SD80MAC's run light toward South Fork in the late afternoon. Norfolk Southern acquired only 17 SD80MAC's from th... (more)
Light power from South Fork has made an unusual move east to MO with six light units and is now seen pictured above, returning west toward SO with NS 7203 in the trail.
A couple of now NS SD80MACS lead its load of coal at Gallitzin. For this first time visitor this was a nice gift to have a Conrail blue 80MAC on the point for my 50th birthday.
A nice set of MAC's head west to retrieve more coal.
The MACs are back again on road service on the Pittsburgh line as they pull 3 Dash 9s behind them, struggling up Carney Hill.