This empty hopper train arrived in Rook with a pair of unrepainted SD40-2s on the point. As luck would have it, those units were set off and the Wheeling's two Tunnelmotors took the train west to... (more)
I'm not sure what the odds are of seeing four Rio Grande units in the same place in 2009, but it probably doesn't happen very often! (The fourth unit is #302, barely visible at far left).
A tunnel seemed like the best place to photograph a tunnelmotor, so I headed for the W&LE's tunnel alley. 5413 has just popped out of Craighead tunnel and will soon be entering Buxton tunnel, a f... (more)