The first unit to be completed at GE-Fort Worth as part of CP's first group of AC4400CW modifications undergoes validation testing on the GE Fort Worth test track at Justin, TX. This unit was mod... (more)
The first unit of CN's 200 unit order from GE Transportation undergoes validation testing on the GE Fort Worth test track at Justin, TX.
The first unit of 5 specially decorated units for Roy Hill Australia undergoes validation testing with CP AC4400CWM 8139 on the GE test track at Justin, TX. These units are adorned in a special pi... (more)
The first unit of 5 specially decorated units for Roy Hill Australia rolls out of the GE-Fort Worth assembly plant. These units are adorned in a special pink livery to bring awareness to breast ca... (more)
In the late 1970's Union Pacific has side-lined its fleet of DD35A and B-units. Based on operating expenses, units began phasing out in the late 1970's with the B-units being hit hardest. UP 71 ha... (more)
Wearing a fresh coat of paint, CSX ES40DC #5459 pulls down the yard lead at the west end of Frontier Yard in Buffalo. Locomotives:CSX 5459 ES40DC
This weary-looking New Haven Alco S1 was getting the day off at Waterbury, CT, as it posed on the engine layup track in the company of an RS3. The coaches in the background were visiting Waterbury... (more)
Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O) Alco C630 2101 outside the diesel house at Wyoming (Grand Rapids), Michigan, on July 20, 1974. The four C&O C630s original road numbers 2100-2103. Photo taken from my slide... (more)
Later Central Vermont repainted DW&P Alco RS-11 3601 loaner/lease unit in their Forest Green and Yellow scheme during post 1977 period.
The Clinchfield's first diesel locomotive, F3A number 800, has been restored to its original paint scheme by CSX's Huntington Locomotive Shop in West Virginia. Built in December of 1948, and often... (more)
From a 1967 weekend railfanning adventure to Council Bluffs, including a stop at the UP Council Bluffs Engine Terminal
Reading Lines Alco C-630 no.5306(3000hp). Date Built 6/66-10/67 Numbered 5300-5311.
DLWR 1800 pulls out of Shuman Plastics after spotting a loaded covered hopper.
The prototype GP40X's ride on new HT-B trucks, as illustrated by UP 959. The GP40X's are EMD's first F engines in regular production, but they are in fact prototypes for the expected "GP... (more)
Freshly rebuilt at National Railway Equipment in nearby Dixmoor, FEC 435 is at CSX's Barr Yard awaiting movement back to Florida. Tom Golden photo.