A pair of LS&I's veteran GE's are seen entering the wye at Empire junction making there way up to the mine. With the Cascade Green quickly being phased out it was a welcomed sight and sound.

Found in Union Pacific's East Yard, just southeast of downtown Los Angeles, is an impressive string of fairly new U30Cs. 2837 was built by General Electric in March of 1973, just three months bef... (more)

C&O veteran engineer Lon Venters Jr. is at the controls as 192 passes through Pikeville on the south end of town. The posted speed through the town was 30 mph. Knowing Lon I know he will waste no... (more)

A Detroit Edison coal train rolls south (timetable north) on the Monongahela Manor Branch. These trains were heavy, typically with mid-train helpers and upwards of one hundred and forty 140-ton ho... (more)

Chessie U30C #3301 resting at Martin, KY || August 1983

An Alco RSD-4 meets a GE U30C at Provo Yard, April 1977.

Detroit Edison U30C #008, is north bound with a load of blended coal on the Monongahela Railway at Besco, PA. 2/20/1990

Detroit Edison U30C #020, leads a north bound loaded coal train at Wana Jct, PA. 3/24/1982

An L&N GE U30C leads two other units on eastbound coal in the morning at Tucker.

Not all of L&N's coal is on the east end. These empties are just north of the Tennessee line as they head back to the mines in west Kentucky for reloading.

Detroit Edison, DE U23C 019-002-005, leads an empty coal train a W.Brownsville, PA. 10/29/1983

A GE U30C pulls a westbound Union Pacific manifest into the Green River, Wyoming yard on July 27, 1980. The 2952 was built for the UP in September 1976 and traded to GE for a new C40-8W on Februar... (more)

CNW class U30C no. 930 revs up for a move into a freight consist for a train heading west out of Altoona on a crisp January day in 1978. CNW had 7 big U boats and was not fond of them. One was wre... (more)

Still looking good in a fairly fresh early paint scheme.

In a scene which depicts where older GE fans stand in today's modern railroading scene, LSI 3002 is reduced to a burning pile of rubbish at the Lake Superior & Ishpeming's shop in Eagle Mills, MI.... (more)