D&M C425m 1280 was rebuilt by GE/Hornell from ex PC (PRR) 2439;CR 5073 with a new 2000 hp 12-251C in Dec. 1980 From my slide collection by JOHN C BENSON.

D&M C425m 281. From my slide collection by an unknown photographer.

CNW 404 leads a Westbound as it makes a run for Stockton Hill. The train would end up having to double the hill between Stockton and Lewiston.

CNW 402 poses under the sand tower at the small Winona engine facility. The high point of my day railfanning around Winona was chasing the CNW freight West to Rochester with the CNW 404 - BU40 - 4... (more)

D&M C425m 1280 was rebuilt by GE/Hornell from ex PC (PRR) 2439;CR 5073 with a new 2000 hp 12-251C in Dec. 1980 From my slide collection by JOHN C BENSON.

After completing its work at Genessee Junction, LAL 425 leads back south towards Lakeville.

CNW 4257 and 6708 arrive at North Green Bay with train 936 the manifest from Escanaba. After years of having to deal with rough riding, drafty Baldwin/EMD hybrids working with the C628's the 4 axl... (more)

It's only five weeks into the startup of Conrail and the trains are a colorful mix. Reading 5203 at Fort Wayne, Indiana

MA&N works the Griffiss Industrial Park with a nice smoke show.

MHWA 2454 pulls a boxcar off the Climax Paper siding.

Five units still in pre-merger schemes leads this BN southbound at Tacoma in this shot from the spring of 1972. The Ex SP&S FA's didn't last very long in BN service. If I remember correctly they w... (more)

BN 4260 is being made ready for another Inside Gateway job late on a June evening.

The LA&L freight sends snow flying after hitting snow piled up at the Golah Road crossing. There was also about a foot of snow on the tracks after 2 storm systems moved thru the area, so the snow... (more)

DL PT-98 rounds the curves at the Point of Gap with a short interchange train for NS at Slateford during a snow storm.

CNW 4256,4258,6704 and 6709 are ready to roll at the Escanaba roundhouse on a late May morning. The black clouds all around gives me a clue this will probably be the only sunny shot of this trip. ... (more)