Late in the afternoon, the 3 Tilden heads to the mine with empties and the U boats on point.
7 Tilden heads to Eagle Mills Yard in harsh conditions. The wind was brutal on this day, and trudging through 3 feet of snow was challenging. A couple hours later, we finally hear the U boat chug,... (more)
C&O GE U30C's built between 1967-1968, road numbers 3300-3312.
31 years ago........LS&I 3006 brings a loaded ore train thru Palmer, MI at the end of a beautiful day in July of 1990. Fast forward to today and some of these units are attracting considerable att... (more)
The engineer on Union Pacific 2904 has gotten a green signal and begins to head east out of Victorville towards Barstow.
BN 5383 rests away in Barn 9 at the Illinois Railway Musuem during Labor Day Weekend 2020.
The loader at Bluehole, Kentucky looks like it’s plenty busy as a Louisville & Nashville train of empties splits the two sides of the facility. Today, this scene is pretty much eradicated.
Three Louisville & Nashville units approach Bluehole, Kentucky with a train of empty hoppers.
A Louisville & Nashville U30C/C30-7 combo, both units in Family Lines paint, serve the coal loader in Kentucky. For some reason, my slide is labelled as “Myrna, KY”, but I don’t think that... (more)
A coal train destined for Plant Harlee Branch near Milledgeville waits for a crew as the coach at the rear of the mixed train from Macon disappears in the distance.
The LS&I 7 Tilden arriving at Eagle Mills West.
The LS&I 7 Tilden heads light power towards the Tilden Mine.
LS&I 3009 and 3000 lead the daily 11 Tilden job back from the Tilden Mine.
A single pigeon - instead of the usual flock - is startled by three U30Cs and a C30-7 taking a train west.