This Geep 30 was built for the Union Pacific as UP 701 in 1963. Still together after 55 years (but not moving), AKDN 701 resides at S&I Locomotive Services in Opelousas, Louisiana.
The weather the past week has had mornings filled with fog making the Iowa landscape fairly frosty. I lucked into the Iowa River heading north to do interchange work with the CN near Ackley. The p... (more)
The weather the past week has had mornings filled with fog making the Iowa landscape fairly frosty. I lucked into the Iowa River heading north to do interchange work with the CN near Ackley. The p... (more)
In June 1984, with the shadows in the Alhambra Valley getting longer and longer, six 4-axle EMDs lead a westbound Santa Fe pig across Muir Trestle in Martinez, CA. In a month or so, Santa Fe will ... (more)
A Reading freight with interchange traffic for the Western Maryland heads for Hagerstown, MD, behind a GP30/GP30/C424 lashup. The Reading and WM pooled power and crews on the Lurgan line between H... (more)