Fresh new paint + just a little patina and you have ideal conditions for a portrait. I guess I never cared enough to figure out if this was on the books of the Grand Trunk Western or the Grand Tr... (more)

One of two cabeese owned by the colorful operation. Hardly seems possible that it was 33 years ago.

Maybe it was an SD55. In any case EMDs test string was reportedly working on the Saluda grade which was still open then. These units varied in many features over the years and were iinteresting ... (more)

Working their interchange with SP these units were uncommon in those days and extremely scarce today. Man, it's flat here!.

Man, they ran long trains, usually with far more power because you almost never arrived with all the original units running. Like a period to a good sentence, the caboose provided punctuation to ... (more)

She has run a had trip and is preparing to head back east. The patina of coal has besmirches the classic paints job but some of us like this lady with a little history and character.

Yeah, yeah, the weather's lousy in Peoria, so what's new? And that plastic surgeon, yes you should sue him for the nose job, but you know, you were no great beauty to start with!

This was one of several units that spent a few years here.

Having been born after the doodlebug era, these were about as close as we could get to such an animal. They used to be everywhere. They were railroad looking and even had quarters aboard. Were ... (more)

In those days this was a thriving community in the middle of nowhere. You had to want to go there to get there. The railroad was in beautiful shape. Check the satellite photos to see it now. S... (more)

Entirely too quaint to last much longer, these would soon be swept away.

I believe this is an ex-GB&W unit. Check out the loudspeaker. No horn visible.

There was no one around so we went for it and the sum even cooperated a little bit. Nice looking units.

Back when Tennessee Eastman was related to Kodak and Kodak meant photography and they owned their own units this new switcher is working the massive tank farm at their gigantic chemical plant, the... (more)

Old heads into industrials really miss this operation. They had pits all over the south and were like something out of the early 20th century. Rag tag units ran on track laid on the ground using... (more)