Out of the shop, the GTW 5936 heads up One of Two Hump Sets Working the East End at Kirk Yard. The Hump Job takes head room out the DIXY Lead running by Mason Ave in Gary.
A TRRA slug set humps a train at TRRA's Madison Yard.
What year is it again? SD60M 1455, SD40-2B 302 and SD40-2 1790 make for an incredible A-B-A set of Cascade green EMD's as they shove a lengthy cut of cars back to the hump at Galesburg Yard. I thi... (more)
An impressive late-1960s sight at the Norfolk & Western's big yard at Bellevue, OH, was the trios of ex-Wabash FM Train Masters that worked the hump. These massive locomotives had been re-engined ... (more)
A pair of TRRA SD40-2s pull down a cut of cars to be humped while another TRRA job gets to work in the background.
2 mothers and 2 slugs. Note signals to tell the engineer what to do -- stop, back up, come forward, come forward at hump speed.
Mother and Slug BU2. BU2 was built from NW1 901.
Another day comes to an end at CSX's Tilford Yard
With the low setting sun putting an end to the last day of the second month, Terminal's hump job keeps shoving back, with an all ex-SP consist.
Two SD38-2's work the hump job after sunset, as shown with a 1/13th second pan.
Shoving a cut cars toward the hump.
A view of the Bellevue hump shows both Route 4 and Ranger towers. Slugs 991 and 993 are with the 1582 this day.
A reactivated straight GP38 is among the hodgepodge of NS units idling for the weekend.
Yard power backs down the hump with the Susquehanna in the background.
TRRA 1503/1515/1510 shove a cut over the hump at TRRA Madison Yard. Gateway Arch is visible just left of downtown St. Louis in background.