Anticipating a merger, L&N numbered these in a new number series. I didn't work out.

Retired but reflecting the look of a earlier era.

Originally TC, this unit was switching. At times it was a slug mom but on this date the unit was teamed with a C420. I wish now we had shot some of those US Steel hoppers.

Somewhere eastbound as I recall.

A visit to Ryan Ballard. Thanks for the hospitality. RIP

A visit to Ryan Ballard. Thanks for the hospitality. RIP

A little railfanning while driving a friend to survival school.

Prominent in this photo is a once ubiquitous symbol we should have kept, and another.............

Carrying the classic white flags designating an extra train, the crew is backing down onto maintenance of equipment.

Come on, who doesn't like gyralites, Mars Lights, etc.? Hearing that roar in a deep Georgia night and watching that light sweeping the landscape will make you a believer.

A ubiquitous model working a chemical plant. I would love to see a book on the many travels of these excellent products of the Paducah rebuilt shop. Like CF7s and GP16s they ended up almost ever... (more)

There's black and white and there's black and gray. CSX had no monopoly on yuck, though this does seem somewhat more "tasteful". I tell myself "Cheer up, it's not Fishwicky Icky&q... (more)

I've always wondered why railroads chose colors like this and Brunswick green. Why both? But that's just me. Anyway, in good sunlight, it's not so bad. And they were very hospitable. Photo by... (more)

Title: So young and so unloved. Photographed in the dead line, this one will probably never turn another revenue mile. These were always first to go into storage on a downturn, vilified as slow... (more)

Carrying a Mars light is a give away that this is unit was dedicated to coal service, some of it on the D&RGW.