Then, just a lowly GP9, now a favorite in Chessie Paint! Shoot them now, you just never know.

Last new power in Chessie paint. 8556 at Connellsville in 1987.

Freshly painted 3875 waits between assignments at St Thomas Ont. in 1978.

Standard yard power in 1975 at Cumberland, Md.

Before the SLA settled on used GP40's as mainline power; they tried various leased engines, including this quartet of LLPX GP38-2's, shown southbound at Windsor,Que in 2001.

Leased GATX 3733 leads the St Lawrence & Atlantic daily northbound to Berlin where it will change consists with the CN southbound. At that time the meet ocurred at Berlin; today it's at Richmond,Q... (more)

The Bensenville shop has always been a great backdrop for engine photos. Here Soo and CP power await their next assignments

The ex NYC line from Massena through Huntington and Beauhaurnois in Quebec has never received a lot of press. This NYC station is now gone and while CSX still switches Beauhaurnois, the line to Mo... (more)

Tiger striped 3143 leads a westbound at Berwyn, Chicago in 1986.

Rare Alco C415 424 switching in Chicago in 1979. Very few railroads bought the C415. SP had the most, I believe.

After picking up what the carferry 'Viking' had brought across Lake Michigan, rare C430 315 heads back to Green Bay with equally rare RS27 316! One of my luckiest railfan moments.

A Reading C630 on Hi-Ad trucks at Rutherford yard in 1975. After Conrail was formed, this unit worked Mingo Jct Ohio with most of the other remaining 6-axle Alcos.

The pair of ex N&W C628's have just yarded their train at Iron Mountain in 1979.

An empty ore train at Norwood Michigan with ex-NW C628's 6701 & 6726 in charge.

A nose like no other; Alco C628 637 stored at Sayre in 1975.