Class EL-2B #125 makes a move under the wires.
C&WC GP7 #209 resting at Spartanburg, SC Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink || June 1956
Well here it is, my namesake, Extra 127 South. Actually, the train is No. 227, but RF&P operated all freight trains as extras, so in reality it was operating as Extra 127 South. No. 227 was a ho... (more)
ACL diesel power at Florence, SC in this August 1953 view. Photo by Bob Drake, collection of Tom Sink.
Shay 19 arriving at Lilly Fork, WV in December 1961 with an inbound log train.
Pickens RR VO-660 #2 getting the train ready at Easley for the trip to Pickens, October 1970.
P&N 1005 working at Greenville, SC in May 1969.
Ely-Thomas Lumber Shay #2 works the mill at Fenwick while mill hands break from their work to look on.
Piedmont & Northern C420 #2000 at Spartanburg, SC in 1969.
A SD40 / F7B / GP38 trio shove on the rear of a southbound loaded coal train at Spruce Pine, NC in 1970.
CRR SD40 and GP7 awaiting their next work at Dante, VA in 1979. Note the L&N red caboose behind the two engines.
SCL 389 leads a SCL Geep at Iva, SC, November 1969.
A faded beauty, this classic has dynamic brakes, winterization hatch and the distinctive single bulb steam style headlight.
I've always wondered why FL had a few of these in the 4000s then changed to 4200s. Plan of the week?
Rare on the L&N this is even more out of place in SC, good paint job is probably rarest of all.