Once tough and proud sentry of the Preque Isle docks, one of the tough guys now sits in vain waiting for another call at the Eagle Mills shop.

Idling impatiently waiting their turn at the tower, the crew doesn't realize that they have a trophy from their run up north; a bird of prey secured nicely beside the coupler.

A quick run to the mechanical foreman who was a friend of mine got these hostlers stopped in their tracks on the north end of the diesel shop; at this time this was the last U-boat in the eagle sc... (more)

Gaylord was the center of my consulting career during this time, and my first month of encounters with the D&M were around Grayling-Gaylord-Alpena. Threatening skies herald the first significant s... (more)

Back in it's infancy, the PR Basin just saw the entrance of CNW, and the Bill yard was in service but still under construction. Work trains were mainly held by Geeps, so when this 6 axle showed u... (more)

The last of the mohicans; I'm pretty sure. At least in the Houston area. If I remember correctly (it's been almost 25 years!) this was the last SW to work Houston; not sure if it was the last on... (more)

Ya'll laugh at me for my comments about clouds and cloud gods; this is what a normal summer's morning looks like in southeast Texas. We had to leave Houston to get to Bellville NO LATER than 9AM;... (more)

What's wrong with this picture? Southeast Texas in the summer, late afternoon; where's the clouds?! Rare not to be getting your exercise jumping up and down screaming at the sky while the kodach... (more)

I was so caught up in getting shot after shot of GE 4 axle U boats in the daylight (I worked nights in Bessemer at a pipe threading facility performing QC work), that I shrugged off many hours of ... (more)

Look closely and you might see the headend crew laughing their a@@es off at the photographer yelling at his camera because the batteries decided to give out at about the 3 roll mark....

4 axle U boats abound at Birmingham during my work assignment there in 1987. They were everywhere. Cleaned out more than a few stores' supply of K25 by the time I was done there....

Right place at the right time, as they were hostling units, with the hostlers within moments of coupling up this unit to SD somethings. Good thing my timing was right as I didn't have any bribe m... (more)

Been wanting to join in on the party everyone else up north has been attending, getting these units in the states. So when I see this as the west unit at the Englewood e/f near Tower 68, I knew i... (more)

The bugs are starting to get a little dusty and dirty, but they still make for a good show around Houston.

On the never ending quest to get all the clean burning power around Houston before their time runs out or the paint starts peeling and fading, we have one of the hordes of bugs that call Strang ho... (more)