SP 7825 heads back into West Colton yard to hook on to its train while a long intermodal heads east towards Banning Pass.
SP 7874, sporting the SP- Santa Fe "kodachrome" merger paint scheme, sits at the spur track near the east switch at Bena.
Things seemed more interesting when the 4-axle units went up the "hollers" on mine runs. These units are entering the north end of the former C&O yard. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from ... (more)
We found this single unit switching a work train along the main. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
CSX 5555, the "Spirit of Cartersville", idles in the Taft yard in Orlando.
Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.
Northbound mixed freight with a former C&O unit.
Challenge: Top this for a bad paint job. This was the yard switcher de jour I found on a business trip. Former C&O unit.
A mottled up example. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.
A single GE B30-7 works the grain elevators along the Hiawatha Line in the Longfellow suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota on the Minnesota Commercial's Job 17. The crew has just pulled a cut of cars ... (more)
Just happened to be in town to look at a bunch of retired locomotives for sale. Caught this train on a break. Little money, great fringe benefits.
Originally SCL, later SBD.
A yard crew prepares to go to work in the Cayce, South Carolina CSX terminal in the summer of 2007 with CSX 5581 and 2614. CSXT has a peculiar history according to sources I found online. It was o... (more)