In the early 1970s 20 of these little GE locomotives took over from the Class NGG16 Garratt steam locomotives, and worked alongside the NG15 Steam locomotives until the late 1980s. Here, NG15 No ... (more)

Gosh, I wish these had caught on. They sounded kind of like a big tractor, nothing like the usual chugging FDL and the were, for lack of a better term, "cute". The early order had FB-2 trucks, l... (more)

Someone had clipped the wings of the eagle on the front of all of the MEC U boats. Crews drew them back in with a magic marker. The transition from Maine Central to Guilford was riddled with probl... (more)

Two Pickens Railroad Baby Boat U18B's sit in the small yard in Gluck, SC

Pickens' Belton Job exits the S curve as he passes behind the old Taylor Stockyards. I remember passing by here at night and seeing the Stockyard full of life as cattle ranchers and farmers came o... (more)

Rollin' Through the Ghetto. Pickens' Belton Job highballs it through the "hood" at a whopping 10mph on its way back home to Belton. If I weren't so familar area since my Grandpa owned a few... (more)

Workin' Hard. Pickens' Belton Job with Ex. CSX MoW U18, PICK 9508 is seen dropping off his Interchange cars fro NS and procceds to move forward to pick up his return cars for the trip back ... (more)

Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust. Pickens' Anderson Job heads back towards home after meeting up with the Belton Job at the NS Interchange. The two towers are the only thing standing at the old... (more)

Can You See Me Now? With CSX screwing over Pickens' Belton Job, the Anderson Job was forced to work "double" jobs on this day. Instead of running the usual Gluck to Anderson Turn, the Ander... (more)

Heading to town. After fighting sticky brakes on a boxcar and cold temps, Pickens' Belton Job heads Long Hood Forward into town to the NS Interchange to meet up with the crew of the Anderso... (more)

Workin' Hard. Pickens' Anderson Job with Ex. CSX MoW U18, PICK 9504 works the NS Interchange while the Belton Job is right around the corner with more cars to send up to Gluck.

Maine Central U18B 409 and GP38 255 working at Portlane, ME in 1977.

Pair of "Baby Boats"

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There's a Pumpkin Baby Boat on the Bridge! Very few, if any know about this spot along Pickens' Honea Path to Anderson Line along the Ex. Blue Ridge Railroad. After a decent hike down to th... (more)