Among the very first GP-38s built were those owned by Clinchfield. This one is stored in the Willams yard as evidenced by the 1/2 55 gallon drums used as stack caps (not a bad idea).

Originally CRR, then SCL these units always seemed to be an odd buy for the Clinchfield and anecdotal evidence is that they went to SCL because they were being damaged if they rocked at all inside... (more)

This ex-SCL unit is nicely reserviced and heading for "the field" to await assignment to an outbound train.

At least some of their units got this nice paint scheme before CSwhatever came along.

It's a shame these didn't catch on more. They were chunky and powerful looking. Most of SBD's were built with recycled EMD trucks (except the lightweight ones). This is a regular but with FB-2 ... (more)

Unit rock train from Lemon Springs

SCL E7 #537 resting between trips at Hamlet || November 1971