Moving Cars. PR 2003 works the small yard near Noisette Blvd. at the Carver Maritime Scale House. It appears that the new Navy Base Intermodal Facility will change this area quite drastica... (more)
Working. PR 2003 pulls forward on its way into the small yard near Noisette Blvd. at the Carver Maritime Scale House.
Sunning. This Palmetto Railways GP-16 basks in the sun while waiting for its next turn at working the industries located on the former Charleston Naval Base.
Inside the yard of the Mississippi Central at Holly Springs.
My better half was working away at the Dave Ramsey course in Brentwood, staying in a nice hotel and yours truly was out and about.
That switch is not yet lined for our ex-CSX unit but the cars are rolling past it toward a coupling.
This one was rebuilt in late 1981 and has the strobe lights on the cab. These didn't last long and there's a little road dirt but this is an as-built GP-16.
Desert railroading at it's finest! View from the brakeman's perch shows the ex-ATSF bolted rail and a fresh growth of weeds as #93 returns light to Santa Fe from Lamy. The GP-16 delivered ex-PRR p... (more)
Rebuilt GP-7, nice and fresh.
Probably more accurately stated Circa November 1981. This recent product of an "extreme makeover" escorts to ugly sisters to a train. Like most, not much changed under the hood.
As built including the strobe lights.
Waiting around for a local or something.
Nice, fairly recent rebuild. I believe that builder's plate (not all had them) is from Tampa, which rebuilt only a few before closing.
Nice little rebuilt GP-7. The 4700-4800s didn't have alignment draft gear, while the 4600s did.
SB local is about to cross the NS as MofW workers confer on the platform. As I recall bolts in the diamond had broken from the constant pounding.