Newly painted and looking good. It seemed the west was the hideout of the GEs in those days.

Nashville & Eastern 5340 sits parked beside what’s left of another U30B.

I remember being VERY sleepy, hardly being able to stand up from working all night, not getting any sleep because there were so many shots to be had. 4 axle U-boats everywhere!

Oh, what a candy store the SP Lafayette sub was in the AM, with runthroughs from CSX and NS bringing treats from all their predecessor roads; you never knew what these runthroughs would bring. We... (more)

Birmingham was a haven for 4 axle U and B boats of all lineage of CSX. I had a field day while I was there on business.

SCL Train 109 departs Collier Yard on the A-Line. The road crossing in the photograph has been replaced by an overhead bridge to avoid the congestion that had resulted from switching moves at the ... (more)

8228 waits for work.

8227 waits for work.

I think it's an eastbound. Doesn't matter, it's looking good and the sky is blue in July, who could ask for more.

Two Nashville & Eastern U-Boats await the call to duty ... or the call to the repair shop ... at the railroad's facility in Lebanon, TN. A sister is being worked on in the barn.

Emblematic of the pathetic state of eastern railroads in the late '70's, a tired Ex-NYC U30B leads a Conrail freight southbound through Sunbury, PA on a sunny October 30th, 1977.

Even though the BN merger was two years old, it's mostly a CB&Q event as an eastbound train completes its work at Eola and departs for Cicero Yard in Chicago. The lead unit was purchased by the B... (more)

Former Lehigh Valley unit, during transition to Conrail

Broadside shot of NW 1955 in the Williamson Engine Terminal