I found this old slide taken by my friend David DeVault. It's the color version of a unit I also photographed (in black and white) that same summer: http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id... (more)
ET-1 sits on the backside of the Furnaces at ET awaiting to be called to work.
How do you tell an RS-2. Just look at the fuel smudge on the side of the cab.
What ever became of.....? I had always hoped they'd put a 12-251 in one of these but I guess they have plenty of frames so it was not to be. The parts were harder to come by and they ended up li... (more)
Ohio Central must have been desperate for power in a hurry because this old warhorse was pressed into service without so much as a "Rustoleum paint scheme". Here they are working a coal train at t... (more)
Reading Camelback #1187 sits in storage pending the railroad's decision on her fate. Once active at the Strasburg, the engine was moved to the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania when her time ran ou... (more)
They Live! Not one, but two old ALCO's have escaped the scrapper's torch in a remote section of Eastern Kentucky. Located in Martin County, KY. these were found sitting near the head of NS's Wolf ... (more)
23 years of harsh sun has taken a toll on this veteran Warbonnet.
Although it will likely never turn another wheel, this NKP relic is still an interesting sight to behold. Built in 1957, this unit became Norfolk & Western 254 before being retired and donated to ... (more)
Unsure of how long they will see another setting sun as it appears these last 2 remaining units still proudly wearing their fallen flag name sit off in a siding by an abandoned grain elevator in A... (more)
Consumers Company 701 sits at Mid-Continent Railway Museum, rusting away in the weeds behind the car barn.
It's orange paint faded and weathered, DT&I 988 blends with the brick and rusted metal buildings of the former Western Railway of Alabama backshop area. RSCo used the facility in the early 1970s ... (more)
Canadian National Railways 4-6-4 waiting its fate. Colors of rusting, corrosion and legacy paint show through the weathered exterior.
It's UP days over, this decrepit GP7 is passing through Frisco's Birmingham yard, headed for unknown parts.
Won't be long before this unit is history
