An otherwise nice broadside of the Seaboard Coast Line U36B 1776, the first of hundreds of locomotives painted for the American Bicentennial in the 1970s and operating an all-Bicentennial train (2... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line U36B 1776 is seen during the Bicentennial shoot for Kalmbach Publishing at the BRC 87th St. Yard in Chicago July 1975. The 1776 was built in June 1971 and was the very first Bi... (more)

SCL 1776 - The One That Begat Them All

There were two different U36Bs on the Seaboard Coast Line that carried the number "1776." The SCL's U36Bs were being delivered, and 1776:1 was... (more)

Once the pride of the fleet in the resplendent Bi-centennial colors, 1776 is now degraded to just another engine in the afterglow of the nation's 200th birthday.

Seaboard Coast Line U36B 1776, the very first Bicentennial diesel, along with two Santa Fe cars (steam generator and display car) and Frisco caboose 1776 (all painted to match), toured from Richmo... (more)

UPRR 6925 (DD40X) passes heading for Las Vegas

This was a beautiful train.