77's Connection (KCS's hotshot southbound) pounds across RI's diamond behind 613-626-659. The SD40-2 is fairly new. Each railroad's main was about as bad as they could get--ballasted with mud, w... (more)
Engineer gives a friendly wave--to the photographer or to the crew of the South Local in the pass. The beast is picking up speed past the crest with its load of autoracks for Shreveport.
Engineer gives a friendly wave--to the photographer or to the crew of the South Local in the pass. The beast is picking up speed past the crest with its load of autoracks for Shreveport.
Lit up as X605S, 605-657 bring KCS's hotshot southbound, 77's Connection through the early morning fog with a typical-looking train. Crew change in Heavener is only minutes away.
Men push a set of trucks under a car as 06 (Heavener wrecker) and 05 (Pittsburg wrecker) work to clear the main after a tornado rolled a string of stored Howe Coal Co. unit train cars onto it.