The sun has just set as some rough looking Central Maine and Quebec power idles away a frigid weekend at Northern Maine Jct.

Seven Southern Pacific GE B23-7's in the Cleburne, Texas SP yard April 08, 1983. Photo from my collection, a Mike Bledsoe Photo.

A pair of Rick Franklin Corporation B23-7's power an Albany and Eastern Railroad job at Portland & Western's Yard, as a job from the home road switches off to the right with a SD7R for power. Wor... (more)

MNNR 44 blazes a trail through ice, slush, and other winter debris from the latest bouts of snow and winter at the Interplastic Corporation at the Hennepin Industrial Lead's northern-most terminus... (more)

The "Albany Hauler" approaches with RFRX 4202 and 4201 (Rick Franklin Corporation B23-7s) and a typical size train of logs, wood chips, lumber, and covered hoppers. The hills in the background are... (more)

Working Minnesota Commercial's Main Yard.

Its a cold frosty Night in the Small Town of Altamont as the cab of the SLRS 4212 is all warm inside as this B23-7 still runs strong and still wears its Santa Fe Blue Bonnet Scheme. Serving the S... (more)

RFRX is the Rick Franklin Corporation of Albany, OR. The fellow on the ATV is probably the U-man, i.e., utility man.

It is not even officially winter and we have had several snow/ice storms staring in Nov 1. CMQR is the lead unit is this train hauling PanAm and NBS freight since PanAm and NBS do not exchange fr... (more)

"Resting in Campbell Hall"

The former Jersey Central main line east of Bethlehem has been unused as a through route since the early 1970's. The tracks between Easton and Freemansburg were ripped up, and the former main line... (more)

The conductor walks back to his well worn ex Conrail GE after throwing a switch.

Yard is once again gone quiet as traffic volume is pretty low since the Lac Mégantic disaster... Loco numbers are CMQ 2003 2004 and CEFX 2039

Southern Railway train, Extra 3972 North, switching the Nabisco plant located on the old main line just south of the depot. #3972 was built September 1978 and later became Norfolk Southern #3972

Santa Fe GE B23-7 6368 is only two months old.