This set of DT&I 217 - GTW 4431 would later be spliced by the hostler with Milwaukee Road GP40 #2032 and become the power for train 387 later in the day.
Less than a week old and pulling the DT&I's "hottest" train, our southward run to Springfield, Ohio was interrupted briefly for MofW work just north of Delta. Lucky for me, the sun and sky was per... (more)
Have you ever seen a cab like this? Note the abundence of polished brass, double firedoors, and the strange placement of the injector right in the center of the backhead. This is former DT&I 4-4... (more)