A former Milwaukee Road MP15AC sits idle on the top end at St. Paul Yard as a fast moving thunderstorm approaches.
They always looked like they needed a short hood to me but SP loved them.
The Training Train is done for the day, and after running back and forth between Port Jeff and Northport throughout the day, they tied down the train here for the night.
Having completed their "handoff" with the Paducah & Louisville, Y128 heads south toward Osbourne Yard.
A pair of UP MP15AC switchers lead a transfer out of Yard Center.
one of few of the CSX switchers to be painted "backwards"
CSX 1132 heads arcoss the St. Albans bridge with a dead B36-7 unit 5904. Engine 5904 will head out for repair on Q-303 a day later for freeze damage.
G&W 45 sits behind the shops in Retsof in the company of Chicago & Western Indiana RS-1 262 which was stripped of parts to keep G&W's Alcos running.
The 161/163 sit quietly under a frigid night with a rail train in Maspeth.