Despite the dominance of Penn Central black in Conrail’s early roster, there were some very colorful moments to be had. Here at Bison Yard in Buffalo, five paint schemes on locomotives from three ... (more)

A grizzled veteran looking good in blue. Photo by Mike Dolenski, from my collection.

A very bad day for a Penn Central U25C- talk about smoking up the catenary! Built by GE in December 1965 for the PRR, the 6511 would survive into the Conrail era, eventually renumbered as 6811.

With storms surrounding the Eagle Mills, Michigan area, a small hole of full sun opened up for just a moment on a set of Lake Superior & Ishpeming U-boats working some non-ore traffic in the yard.... (more)

Norton, VA to Corbin, KY through freight number 66 drops downgrade at Hagans, VA, diverting from the original Cumberland Valley Division main line via Rose Hill, Ewing, Cumberland Gap and Middlesb... (more)

A gleaming U25C and two U23C's, each one representing a different LS&I paint scheme, approach Eagle Junction with a train of ore from the Tilden mine.

Not long after daybreak on June 20, 1965, First 47 picks up speed by the old depot at Woodbine, KY, just south of Corbin. The 70-ton hopper with "DIXIE LINE" lettering is spotted on the ... (more)

The former L&N steam era back shop in Corbin was still in use in 1984, but it would soon be razed and replaced by a modern shop located further south in the yard. The U25C was running its last mil... (more)

LS&I 2501 on display by the dock along Lake Shore Blvd.

Seaboard System U25C's 1522 and 1521, along with U30C #1482, ease up to the yard office for a rolling crew change (notice the new flagman on the ground to the right waiting on the caboose). #1522... (more)

Three L&N U25Cs are backing past a standing northbound empty train in the siding at Big Stone Gap. The trio is pushing Southern's Andover derrick and support train to a derailment in Dryden.

A pair of U25C's and an SD45 lead a freight over the Clark Fork River.

Derricks from both the line's owner, L&N, and the Southern derrick from Andover, VA are working to clear up a nasty coal train derailment in 1975. The boom of the derrick shown is the Southern's. ... (more)

Extremely short on motive power, the L&N "borrowed" quite a bit of power from parent SCL in the mid to late '70s, including some GE U25Cs. These units were awaiting servicing at Corbin i... (more)