And yet another "Undecorated" locomotive and probably the smallest I've ever seen is this tiny critter built by Brookville Locomotive in Brookville, PA. Brookville specialized in this market, producing a wide array of small locomotives for mining and construction. This l'il guy had come from a local brickyard. Note the link and pin coupler and narrow gauge. I might see a chair in the cab where the engineman sat. Not much headroom in there. [Montgomery, AL - March 1990]
"Consolation Prize" The biggest buzz across the northern tier in recent weeks was the BNSF train S-SEPLPC1-22A which was led by CP heritage unit 7014 in a 1x1 configuration (east of Havre, MT). It was originally scheduled to reach Stanley, ND (an hour west of Minot) at almost 11PM on a Friday. It saw delay after delay, cooling its heels in sidings for hours at a time. Not having the equipment to do a strobe lit night shot, I watched the train's progress for a day or so before it approached Minot. The night before it reached Minot, it was scheduled to roll into town about 10AM on a Saturday. I set my alarm, and checked Amtrak status, attempting to get the westbound trip for a change. Amtrak was late, so I slept in. Bad move! I always talk about the "early bird getting the worm" and here I am ignoring my own advice. A friend noted to me "past performance is no indicator of future performance", (I expected more delays) and as it turned out, 7014 and its stack cruised thru Minot at 0830! What would have been a great shot in morning light was missed because I slept in. *SMH* At any rate, while waiting for 7014, and its progress update, I heard 7025 ask for signals at Soo Tower. The light was quickly turning harsh, and I missed my prime opportunity, but a mediocre shot of a clean unit is better than nothing I guess.
The sun wasn't low enough for the desired glint shot, so I processed it in black and white. MP 20, BNSF Glasgow Sub, near Berthold, ND. Did someone say "minimalist?"
Rolling east through NS Norris Yard on the passenger main en route to the ATL. - Birmingham AL Feb 2005
That 80-ton GE has quite a history: https://www.psrm.org/trains/diesel/sda-7285/ It now looks like this:
CP SD70ACU 7001 leading train 475 Wednesday August 5, 2020 around the Bellevue, IA area. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I've been jonesin' to get a photo of the face of the old Soo Line power house in Minot. I need to make a concerted effort to grab photos of the flanks when they are properly lit in the morning now. There's a relatively narrow window of time between high sun and shadows from other structures on the building. This is one I haven't done before. The Soo Line yard in Minot now owned by CP has small, nondescript location signs and milemarkers near each other. I wanted to get CP train 199 passing them, but the only thing around while I was waiting was this BNSF light unit.
An awesome SP lashup makes it way around the Tehachapi Loop..SD40M-2, SD40R, B30-7, AC4400CW, SD45T-2. Running east uphill.
Brrrr! An EJ&E signal braves another winter and keeps trains moving on Chicago's Outer Belt. [Barrington, IL - 12/1977]
Hard to believe that railroads like the Lehigh & New England cast their initials into trucks and track hardware. I'm guessing that it was done to assure return of their assets after wrecks and near junctions where hardware might be "borrowed". [From the early 1980s at locations in eastern PA]
Parts bins from the IC and PC, found at Tuscaloosa, AL [04/1984] and Gallitzin, PA [04/1989]. The Sam Rea Shop was a massive car fabrication and repair facility as built by the PRR at Hollidaysburg, PA in the 1950s.
CSXT 5976 started life as Conrail 5084: It then became NS 4814: It was later acquired by CSX, given a patch job and renumbered to 5976, as shown above. Eventually, it received a proper CSX paint job: Ultimately, it was sold to Pan Am/Maine Central and received another patch job:
Evening sun catches this load of Bakken crude basking in the light. A very red evening sky! Yet the crew has no time to enjoy it.
