The class Dr13 heavy-duty diesel electric locomotive number 2349 is leaving from the yard of the Finnish railway museum, as it is ready to haul return museum train to Helsinki.
Two BN geeps lead the WIM Local east at milepost 2 on the WI&M subdivision. The train is still in Washington State, but as it passes the photographer it will enter Idaho.
The brakeman steps off the eastbound WI&M Local to line the switch for dropping three empty hoppers at the Kennedy Ford elevator.
Built in 1957 as Nickel Plate Road 349, this SD9 later worked for Norfolk and Western as their number 2349, and finally became Norfolk Southern 52. NS donated it to the Mad River and NKP Railroad... (more)
Diesel locomotive ex-Wisconsin Central