Selkirk freight just getting at full amperage on top of grade and end of curve. It is 1966 and so far the new U boats are working out just fine.

As Andy Rooney might say, "You know, I never really figured out why GE hated the term 'U Boats' when it would seem to be complimentary. The German submarines were excellent machines, reliable and... (more)

A Long Maybrook freight pulling down a siding with a freight car from the east next to one from the west. This was from the era of big logos on box cars.

Another delightfully weird consist leads this Taylor Yard-bound freight slowly making it around the reversing loop. Mt. San Gorgonio views this magnificent scheme from its lofty heights.

Looking more like the usual U-boat than the previous post, this unit has at least one door open to flap in the wind. I used to think they didn't even put latches on the doors near the turbo.

A brave, or desperate, dispatcher has this day elected to dispatch a train over Beaumont Hill with only GEs in the lead. I guess if we call the first of model the "class leader" then this is "tai... (more)

I don't care if there was almost as much water in the lube oil as in the radiator, I really like these trim GEs, especially their unmuffled "chugging". Railfanning is uploading pictures and watch... (more)

Sand drops, motors dig in as BOSE starts the climb to the summit at Washington. The swingman takes it all in from his perch on the third unit.

CR IHCR0's power, near the end of its journey from Hammond, IN (Indiana Harbor Belt Gibson Yard) to Seacacus (Croxton Yard), runs light from its cars past WJ Tower. This train would spend time in ... (more)

An eastbound EL freight crosses the B&OCT at State Line Tower.

westbound Geneseo, IL

The log train from Sycan is seen entering the Klamath Falls yard.

Freight must be FC-1 Framingham to Fall River. The power in 1969 was usually 4 U boats or 4 GP9s. After Conrail takeover a few years later Freight became Selkirk to Middleboro SEMI what ever the d... (more)

We are at the summit of the Penn Central in New England. The newly painted U boats are still performing and the engineer is giving us his Pop Eye impersonation. From this point on to Pittsfield t... (more)