In my last TTI photo, several people asked about the Rock Island engines. The TTI 246 shown here is an ex-Rock Island U28B of the same number. The smoke from the scrapping of TTI 259 was spreadi... (more)
When I saw a whisp of smoke coming from the U28B's, I thought one was being fired up for service. Unfortunately it was the scrapper's torch ending the life of another U-Boat.
A look inside TTI's Paris yard shows plenty of GE power in two shades of blue waiting for their next assignment. Bright blue B36-7 5857 sits at right paired with sister 5807. Just behind 5807 is U... (more)