The sun has broken through the clouds to illuminate this Ex Seaboard SD50, which is the lone helper waiting on the City track this morning.
A view of the other side of the shops rarely seen from this angle. Taken from the hillside with a Sigma lens at 400mm
In fresh paint 734 crosses the state line for the first reg schd run of 2009 season
Fresh paint almost buries the detail of 734 as she pulls in to the station for her first run of the year. As usual, she's posing for photos, in particular for the young lady in the right foregroun... (more)
Early on a Sunday morning..all is quiet, and this trio are the Sand Patch helpers resting in the "pocket" at Cumberland. Note the early CSX paint on the middle unit, the 8508.
P030 at approaching Baltimore Street with 3- SD50 helpers on standby for the next heavy train east over sand patch grade
The ladies are lined up for a late afternoon shot...my goodness, it looks like 4418 "pooted"
P030 is beats its scheduled arrival time by 5 minutes today but quickly looses that and more in a breif rain that hits the area. The actual holdup however is because the conductor has to issue tic... (more)
Q375-24 departing beautiful downtown Cumberland & US 40 with a standard cab Dash 8-40C up front!
Q375-24 departing beautiful downtown Cumberland with a standard cab Dash 8-40C up front!
AMTK 51 & AMTK 23 in fresh paint lead todays Capitol Limited into Cumberland
The Deuce is loose! Number 2 heads east on Number 2 at Mexico. E819 waits on Number 1 for it to clear behind lone ES44AH 811.
Wearing GE builder number 49544, and having rolled out of Erie in December of 1996, CSX CW44AC 256 leads a coal train out of the Cumberland Terminal. The train loaded at Bailey Mine on the former ... (more)
Sand Patch helpers snooze away the weekend in downtown Cumberland.
