Circa April 1984. These were so common as to be boring in those days.
Oddity from a different angle.
Oddities.
Here it is again, the face only a mother could love leading a couple of decent looking units inbound. It was common to run all the way to the north end, then back into the yard.
Leading the SB train off the WSSB from Winston Salem. It almost always had an NW unit. I had come from CA recently and decided NC was liveable, after a trip to Hamlet.
The BQ23-7 was designed with a 5 man cab to house the whole train crew and eliminate the need for a caboose.
Partially caked in snow, 3001 looks even stranger than normal.
An application of CSX quality stealth paint has made an already homely engine downright ugly.
3002 appears to be offline; probably being moved between local assignments
Rare BQ23-7 in YN2 , built for Seaboard Coast Line / Family Lines.
Rare BQ23-7 built for Seaboard Coast Line / Family Lines.
