After quickly picking up 12 loads and spotting 12 empties at the Blackwood No. 1 loader, located along the ex-Interstate Railroad's Appalachia-Norton main, U53 dashes towards Andover Yard at a location just west of Blackwood. Dad, who had 42 years service on the Interstate when he retired in 1978, commented that it was the first time he'd seen a crew move as fast as the old Interstate crews did.
Looking back down memory lane at the last generation of GE spartan cab which includes the six axles C series and four axles B series throughout the various of Class 1 Railroads in North America throughout the years.
