On a Halstead (near Fayetteville, TX) coal train changing crews at the south end of the yard.
On the hill just west of CP685 was the place to be from sun-up till noon, as the eastbound Z fleet zooms in one by one to change crews at Rawlins. Back then the Dash 8s were new and held down the... (more)
The 800s were new and while everyone else was chasing the 3751, I was nailing the new warbonnets all around. Here this eastbound was stopped to set out some cars at West Jct. and was moving back ... (more)
Northbound manifest from Mobile; this was a usual consist on the daily morning manifest from Mobile to Birmingham. It was refreshing to take a break from my consulting duties in Brewton, which co... (more)
Back when the dash 8s were new, they held down the Overland Route Z trains; it was common to see sets of 3 or 4 on the Zs. Kinda unusual to see a C30-7 in with them (4th unit) during this time; u... (more)
Old Katy main from Eureka yard through the Heights, downtown, Congress Jct, and on out to GH&H main to Galveston. This empty grain is returning from Galveston and headed out through Eureka yard a... (more)
While living in Traverse City, Mi, many weekends were spent trying to get shots of Conrails new GE widenoses while they still looked decent. Didn't fathom that they would all look like c### today... (more)
Memorial Day weekend, when the 3751 ran. I was more intent on getting nice warbonnet action than the teakettle.
My favorite little town in the world..Sutherland. The Park Motel is just to the left of me across the tracks and just opposite the city park right next to the main. Perfect accommodations.
Not quite new, but not long from it.
TV200 rolls along the West Branch Delaware River with C40-8W # 6066, B36-7 # 5050, and C36-7 # 6623. When stack trains first started to proliferate on Conrail the Southern Tier Line became a favor... (more)
A pair of new units leads Elkhart - Buffalo ELBU into Seneca Yard
Fairly new C40-8W leads a westbound train out of the Buffalo area past the Bethlehem Steel mill in Lackawanna
Brand-spankin' new, first trip over Tehachapi, in 1992. They sure looked good then!
