Looking fresh, the 2500 leads the WC 406 today.
The one & only WC 2500! Paint is holding up great on this engine. Hard to think the WC was taken over five years ago now.....
Switching at south end of yard
Close up of test car , this unit started life as NW SD35 # 1530
The "Gas Local" climbs the 2.2 % grade up Evaro Hill
Run through power off the Southern gets fueled while Chessie 3802 waits beside. Two classic paint schemes for sure!
Typical helper is almost finished with it's push. I miss eating at Shoney's and watching these on winter mornings.
Check that ACI label.
The only SD-35 seen this date.
Late afternoon in front of the yard office
A Southern manifest grinds it up the grade at Saluda, North Carolina with a trio of SD-35s.
An eastbound train leaving Bluefield, West Virginia, in November of 1980
