This would be the last train over this stretch of the C&O as this unit is at the front of a rail train picking up the CWR. Trailing unit was a former SBD GP40. Notice the spikes have already bee... (more)
This was one of the last 2 ex B&O GP30's that still were in B&O paint at the time, but the engines had been renumbered from the B&O numbers to CSX numbers.
I love it when the newer paint starts to wear off and you can see remnants of older liveries peaking through, as on this B&O GP30, starting to exhibit the "sunrise" heritage on its nose.