A ubiquitous model working a chemical plant. I would love to see a book on the many travels of these excellent products of the Paducah rebuilt shop. Like CF7s and GP16s they ended up almost ever... (more)

There's black and white and there's black and gray. CSX had no monopoly on yuck, though this does seem somewhat more "tasteful". I tell myself "Cheer up, it's not Fishwicky Icky&q... (more)

I've always wondered why railroads chose colors like this and Brunswick green. Why both? But that's just me. Anyway, in good sunlight, it's not so bad. And they were very hospitable. Photo by... (more)

Title: So young and so unloved. Photographed in the dead line, this one will probably never turn another revenue mile. These were always first to go into storage on a downturn, vilified as slow... (more)

Carrying a Mars light is a give away that this is unit was dedicated to coal service, some of it on the D&RGW.

MOP was a sharp outfit.

College/work/etc. entailed weekend/holiday trips. Charge in, get shots and as Ryan Ballard said "friendly wave and a hardy hi yo silver". We we found these, but they were dead on the w... (more)

What a great tpwn in the times before mergers.

There were so many of them it seemed.

Former D&H unit named "Morrisville" sadly could not keep this bucolic operation going. RIP

Former NP unit. No real idea where. It's been a while.

Interesting trucks on this unit. They are the old style. Note the "tabs" on the truck casting between the axles. These were more common on earlier 6-axle units.

I don't know about today, but being in Lodi in 75, we know why they wrote that song. This unrebuilt unit was the high point of the visit.

Idling in the late afternoon sun, a common unit for years.

Rare to find a shot on an as-built SOU -2. Note the “slick” roofline. SOU was the only major railroad and perhaps the only railroad to buy the -2s with oil bath air filters. After a very fe... (more)