Photo taken during the rebuilding of D&H's Belden Hill Tunnel. Trains detoured via D&H's Penn Division and Conrail's Southern Tier Line.
The colors of D&H: GP39-2 7402 in Guilford charcoal and orange, GP39-2 7412 in Reading green and yellow (still!), and RS-11 5002 in late-1970s blue and yellow.
The recently painted switcher (ex-B&M 1224) rests alonside SD26 641 (ex-ATSF).
B&M 351, ex D&H 7620, sits in the e/f after bringing RW-6 into Potomac yard. Might have been her maiden voyage. 28OCT84
Three geeps and a Maine Central U25B play in the snow eastbound on the Southern Tier Line.
The ex-Reading geep is teamed with Springfield Terminal SD26 627.
A 4-axle quartet is about to cross over the CR main to head north out of town.
Still in D&H colors, the 286 is shown with D&H 652, an ex-CR U33C wearing fresh Guilford paint.
Six units from MEC, B&M, D&H, and P&LE lead a D&H train over Belden Hill.
3/4 of Guilford's remaining SD26 fleet, #619/643/621 round the wye at Ayer as they head back to their train after making setoffs.
A Maine Central GP38 switches cars in Rigby Yard while locos in a variety of color schemes rest in the Portland Terminal facility.