The last day of operations on the Sorrento Branch for the Orlando and Northwestern. Can you spot Woody in the cab?

Sadly the last day of service on the Sorrento Branch into Mt. Dora. ONW suspended operations in early 2020. The future of this route and the ONW is uncertain.

The last day of operations on the Sorrento Branch for the Orlando and Northwestern.

Norfolk & Western GP30 541; N&W roster (522-565). Only Norfolk & Western and Southern ordered GP30s with high short hoods, but unlike Southern, N&W specified the short hood as rear.

Southern Railway GP30 2551; SR roster 2525-2644. Only Southern and Norfolk & Western ordered GP30s with high short hoods, but unlike N&W, Southern specified the short hood as front.

Restored Reading GP30 5513 is in passenger service on the Blue Mountain and Reading, running south through Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania.

Union Pacific roster of EMD GP30's 700-735. No photographer listed on slide.

Norfolk & Western GP30 2900, ex/NKP 900.

The Western Maryland Scenic "Spring Blossom" special rolls westbound through the Cumberland "Narrows" in the form of a WM-painted GP30 and four passenger cars. Barely visible at the bottom is CSX ... (more)

Even after Union Pacific’s merger of Southern Pacific, for several years, locomotives for the West local out of Denver on the Moffat Tunnel route was a pair of Rio Grande GP30s. They ran west on... (more)

A single SW1500 shares the engine facility with 10-12 B-B road units. The recently-filled turntable pit occupied the area of bare ground just in front of 2590.

Travel Worn and Ready for Duty

Time has not been kind to the cosmetic appearance of Soo Line GP30 712. Faded paint and oxidation notwithstanding, the 23 year old EMD is still fully... (more)

This GP30 helps out on the West Shore Line Railroad (WTSE) on a winter day of operations filled with weather related difficulties. Seen here, it is still in full Conrail livery but is privately ow... (more)

A quick visit to Cheyenne to see last days of City's train I also found a GP-30 and "B" on the turntable.

South Boulder Creek is frozen in the January cold, but the head-end crew of this eastbound is reasonably comfortable thanks to an EMD redesign that has made cab and hood on its new GP30 model snug... (more)