Inbound freight with a leader from one of my favorite roads which has yet to be butchered up after the merger in December.
This old ex-L&N butthead was saved by some miracle and looks pretty good.
This former SCL unit was lucky enough to get one of my favorite modern paint jobs before CSX came along.
Take a good look, you may never see one again. This is a locomotive washing facility. Pride and image are two things of small concern to the followship of most present day railroads.
Bearing a classy Morrison Knudsen builder's plate this formerly MILW switcher is resting in the summer sun at home base. We need to have builder's plates again. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my... (more)
Looks like a hot day, with crickets whirring and little going on. Certainly the snow fighting equipment can rest easy. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.
One source says this unit was Illinois Terminal 1200 but the hood shows this is 1210. It was owned by N&W after IT. Photo by Jim Satterwhite.
This engine would be scrapped here in 1996, after this unfortunate remnant of the Erie had failed. Photo by unknown, from my collection.
The only model I even operated solo. A favorite. Nice portrait by Dave Petke, from my collection.
A local freight rattles along in this small town led by a thinly disguised ex-Chessie unit. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.
A former C of G unit with one of their homemade stacks is now working the gigantic prep plant which utilized many old switchers, most with a truck engines in the radiator section. Nowadays this i... (more)
Not sure exactly which railroad this was leased to. This was not long after this line became a shortline.
Photo by Mike Sosalla. From my collection. We miss you pal.
