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A new shortline was born on July 21, 1986. The Rochester & Southern began operations as a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Industries when the line from Rochester to Ashford, N.Y. was purchased from the Baltimore & Ohio - Chessie System. Train RS-2 is northbound near Bliss, N.Y. with merchandise freight, March 19, 1987. |
It's only November and Northern Maine Junction has an adequate amount of snow on the ground for good winter photography. BAR 81 and 85, two GP38's, are ready to leave, November 25, 1987. |
General Motors EMD model SDP45 locomotive leads three additional units on a merchandise freight at Conant, Calif. June 22, 1987. The lead unit, No. 3201, and one other are in the proposed merger, with Santa Fe, paint scheme. |
Amtrak train No. 703, one of the daily trains from Bakersfield to Oakland, Calif., passes along a San Pablo Bay inlet at Pinole. Locomotive 502 is a new General Electric Daxh 8-32BWH. |
The main electric shop for the Pennsylvania Railroad was located at Wilmington, Del. This shop also served Penn Central and Amtrak in later years to maintain the fleet of GG1 and other electric locomotives. GG1's monopolize the scene in this October 1967 view. |
Budd RDC-1 #9168 leads the Jersey Central Chapter NRHS' Lehigh Gorge Ramble at Mud Run, PA on April 8, 2000. These recently restored Budd RDC's run occasional excursions on the Reading & Northern's former Lehigh Valley and Reading Lines. |
Big Boy 4017 makes a coaling stop at Harriman, Wyo., October 6, 1958. The Alco built 4-8-8-4 has a drag freight in tow and will continue west. Twenty-five Big Boys were built during the World War II years 1941-9144. |
NYS&W Alco C-420 No. 2000 was originally built for the Louisville & Nashville in 1966 as No. 1312. Freshly painted in the popular yellow jacket scheme No. 2000 has just arrived in the Susquehanna''s Utica, NY yard (ex DL&W) in May of 1982 to begin service on the new Nothern Division. In early 1983 No. 2000 suffered a crank shaft failure and was eventually scrapped at Little Ferry, New Jersey. |
An A-B-A set of EP20's eased a passenger train out of Union Station and through the crossovers at Chicago on June 29, 1957. The five stripe EP20 5851 led the consist past another set of EP20's on its eastbound trip on a clear day in the "Windy City". Originally delivered in Brunswick Green, the EP20's had been repainted to match the passenger cars. |
R&N's Budd RDC-3 #9166 leads the Jersey Central Chapter NRHS' Lehigh Gorge Ramble through Hetchel, PA on April 8, 2000. The R&N operates occasional excursions and daily freight over this scenic Lehigh River Gorge Trackage. |
....leads an eastbound train of Powder River Basin coal through Creston, Iowa on October 23, 1998 as it heads into the small yard for a crew change before continuing on its way to a midwestern power plant. The new SD70MAC's are sporting the colorful "Heritage II" paint scheme. |
Milwaukee Road 4-8-4 No. 261 was built in 1944 by the American Locomotive Co. One of its regular runs in the 1940's and early 1950's was on Milwaukee Road's River Division main line along the Mississippi River between La Crosse, WI and St. Paul, MN. On October 4 & 5 of 2003, the 261 returned to its old route for the first time since the 1950's with an excursion sponsored by the non-profit "Friends of the 261." |
Train #24, The Morning Steel King, passed the section foreman's office at New Castle, PA on August 29, 1956. The train was a joint Erie/P&LE run from Cleveland to Pittsburgh with a P&LE RPO, an Erie coach, and B&O coaches. Alco passenger unit #4214 was one of two model PA-2 units (4213-4214) built for the P&LE in May 1952 and operated only 8 years until retirement in December of 1960. The P&LE was part of the NYC System, but operations were conducted separately. |
Illinois Central E8 #100 is resplendent in fresh paint outside the railroad's Woodcrest shops at Homewood, IL on the morning of 7-26-95. The locomotive which is ex-Burlington Northern E8Au 9901 is used on the IC business train and has occassionally been pressed into service on intermodal trains. |
Two Ge B23-7's numberd 5 & 2 lead a Grangeville, Idaho bound train on 8-31-98. Seen here crossing one of 26 trestles needed to raise this railroad from its Lewiston, ID headquarters on the Snake river, up the Lapwai Canyon to the fertile high prairies of western Idaho. This railroad was constructed in 1908 as the Northern Pacific's 'Clear Water' short line. These are amoung the first locomotives to be lettered for CsP, as the railroad was a joint NP-BN/UP operation since 1909. |
Former General Electric U36B demonstrator 304 was rebuilt to a 3000 hp U30B and sold to the Western Pacific. Builder's date, May, 1971. |
A northbound Amtrak "Auto Train" on CSX's ex-ACL main line is seen passing through Sanford, FL three miles north of the Auto Train terminal in March of 1994. |
A Geep in Great Northern's sky blue colors leads three mates on a freight westbound just out of the Cascade Tunnel at Scenic, WA August 8, 1970. |
Daylight 4449 rounds the bend at Ericson, Calif., climbing towards Grass Lake en route to Sacramento. The 4-8-4 and matching cars made the trip in April 1991. |
Class A articulated locomotive curves around the bend at Oteen, N.C. on an excursion April 24, 1988. The articulation can be clearly seen in this scene as the front engine swings out from under the boiler to lead the train around the curve. |