Point power for the HOCXQ, the prize of the SP Lafayette sub in the AM.
The shot I'd wanted all my life but never there at he right time with the right power; today's the day! An empty grain train threads his way thru Congress yard, onto the main at Rusk Avenue. Thi... (more)
Never knew what you'd find at Manchester, but on this day it was just a plain SD40-2. Whoda thunk...
Ex MP 4517. They looked so nice...in the death series and paint. The 500s were synonymous with early retirement, as evidenced by the UP repainting Rock island U28Bs they got back on lease, then ... (more)
New paint; you could smell it above the normal Pasadena air chemical aroma.
Always nice to get a SP 'chrome; there were a lot less of them than the Santa Fe.
The top three in the prized "SP roster batting order" in Houston was the 4375, 2968 and 2700, due to kodachrome paint. Here 4375 sits in between runs to Strang in the south yard of Englewood.
One of the few, the proud, the MP yellow.
Rebuilt at Milby Street roundhouse from HB&T SW9 28
Beginning of the last hurrah for the pooches.
We were in a euphoric state of shock when they transferred all those WP GP40/-2s to Texas shortly after the merger.
They were like mosquitos; they were everywhere! Now they're all gone....
CCRCL=Control Car, Remote Control Locomotive. Ex UP B30-7 217. These are very hard to adjust in photoshop! Scotchlight numbers framed by dark grey make it look like focus is off; arrghhh!
ex-SP 1612, originally SP U25B 6758
