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.

From a vantage point that Lewis & Clark would themselves have appreciated, an eastbound trundles over the Clark Fork River bridge nearing Bonner.

The final three “real” paint schemes of the Lake Superior & Ishpeming are demonstrated by this U25C/U23C/U23C lineup at Eagle Mills, Michigan. These units were replaced by secondhand BN GE’s... (more)

While the Lake Superior & Ishpeming’s roster of six-axle U-boats and Alco road switchers was plenty to attract railfans to Eagle Mills, Michigan, visiting Chicago & North Western C628’s were i... (more)

LSI&I 2501 arrives in the yard at Eagle Mills with a loaded ore train in June of 1987.

The classic manually operated crossing gates in South Amboy are lowered for a classic GGI puling classic P70 coaches while the Conrail roustabout with a patched ex Penn Central U25C pulls past a s... (more)

LS&I 2501 leads an ore train into the Lower Yard in Marquette, MI in May of 1986. A cloud of brake dust surrounds the ancient ore cars due to the steep descent from Eagle Mills.

Despite the dominance of Penn Central black in Conrail’s early roster, there were some very colorful moments to be had. Here at Bison Yard in Buffalo, five paint schemes on locomotives from thre... (more)

A grizzled veteran looking good in blue. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

A very bad day for a Penn Central U25C- talk about smoking up the catenary! Built by GE in December 1965 for the PRR, the 6511 would survive into the Conrail era, eventually renumbered as 6811.

With storms surrounding the Eagle Mills, Michigan area, a small hole of full sun opened up for just a moment on a set of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U-boats working some non-ore traffic in the yard.... (more)