Looking pretty shabby at the end of it's career with the GB&W - such a shame. Originally EL 2415.

One of my reasons for making a trip to Maine in 1981 was this group of BL2's, a unit I'd never seen before. Regretfully this is pretty much what I ended up with. A long line of units covered with ... (more)

Was a sad end to the 2 Saginaw Rescar units

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)

Kind of like a kid in an abandoned candy store, I enjoyed roaming around this things but I wished they had not be retired. They will be parted out like most scrappers they just junked a lot of re... (more)

Say goodbye. These units were originally CN and ended their working careers as leasers but by 2009 they wait in line to be parted out and cut up. Despite the necessity it's always sad. I think ... (more)

The boneyard at Altoona Works, July 1952. The locomotive at the left is a 2-8-0 H Class Mikado and the one in the background is a 2-10-4 J Class Texas type.

Nearly two years after the WP-UP merger, more than a dozen Western Pacific locomotives were stored, neglected, and eventually retired in Salt Lake City. Image photographed on Kodachrome 25 film on... (more)

In 1947, to help meet the demands of the post war coal boom, the Clinchfield purchased 6 used 4-6-6-4 Challenger-type locomotives from the Denver, Rio Grande, and Western. Despite being very big p... (more)

A sad sight for Western Pacific fans is this extensive lineup of stored power in Salt Lake City after the merger with UP. Many of these units would be purchased and rebuilt while others were donat... (more)

R.I.P. The remains of an Amtrak F40PH sit, buried in the weeds at Larry's Truck & Electric. Note: This photo was taken on private property, with permission.

An Amtrak F40PH and a pair of IHB NW2's await their future....if they have one. Note: This photo was taken on private property, with permission.

A pair of SD9043MACs poke their noses out on two of the dead line tracks at the north end of Butler Yard. 14 SD70's, 4 C44-9W's, 7 C40-8's, 5 SD9043's, and a lonely MP15 tucked in the middle. In ... (more)

The end of the line... This dead line of F40s are some of the last to serve Amtrak, running out of Albany mostly on the Maple Leaf and also on the NEC between New Haven and Boston while the elect... (more)

As the Union Pacific continues to sideline it's fleet of SD9043 Big MACs, the effects can be clearly seen on one of the 4 dead line tracks at Butler Yard. My count from this photo shows: SD9043'... (more)