EMD GP38-3 almost too pretty for a work train.
With new paint not yet soiled by the grit of the coalfields, this rare GP38-3 does MOW work along the Pokey.
A rare GP38-3 sits tied down for the night on the Devon storage tracks, as the last rays of light shuffle thru the clouds overhead.
Somehow keeping the gloss and shine on the Pokey, worktrain 98J passes recent maintenance work as it comes off the Buchanan Branch.
Notice the brake pole on the front of the train. This has become a signature item on engines along the Pokey.
A turn job returning cars to Williamson rounds the steep curve at Ought One.
The Pokey never rests as a work train has to to hold in a siding to let two trains pass on an early morning along the fog covered Tug valley.
Cleanest GP38-3 I've ever seen.
Slowly easing onto the Buchanan Branch, a loaded coal drag passes the wye across the Tug Fork and stores the 111 loaded coal Top Gons in the siding. This was the site of a derailment a week ago, i... (more)
With coal drag 824 coming off the Buchanan Branch, helper set J5J idles on Main #2 and will soon head east to push coal drag 890 to Auville and on to the Dry Fork Branch.
A 'hot" time freight banks into the steep curve at Ought One. It is one of the steepest along the Pokey.
Splitting the lubricators at the approach of the infamous Ought One curve at Devon.
GP38AC on the lead of a NS Work Train as it departs the Buchanan Branch via the tunnel at Devon.
Bend It Like Beckham on the Pokey.
According to a post on mountainstaterails.net , a GE block speed indicator on an EMD GP38AC engine. Thanks Brent, and a heads up to Mr. Jay for a productive day on the Pokey.
