I caught a few pictures of a unique rail operation in S.E. North Carolina, it is a short line called the Carolina Southern Railroad: It has a lot of unique power.... Harold
I have more photos posted onmy website at: http://www.trainweb.org/ncrail/index.htm Click on the left hand link to "Short Lines" Harold
Harold, I have a few things to say one is.. GREAT pictures man! Two is I have to say of all the diesels that are made and if i'd have to pick one to be my favorite it has to go to the GP-30's, being I love my steam loco's its kinda hard to pick a favorite diesel, so my favorite diesel goes to the GP-30 being they look mean! But a High Nose GP-30 has to be a monster in looks!!!! I love the High Nose diesels. Its just that the big Dynamic brake blister on the GP-30's got me and with a High Nose on a GP-30 yet to boot nothing can get better.. But thats my oponion so.. I like the High Nose GP-30 Harold, I never seen one beside an HO scale Brass one... Never a real one! Got any more High Nose GP-30's ??? Post 'em if you do! [ 03 July 2001: Message edited by: 7600EM_1 ]
It's great to see those F units still being used for freight service...kind of takes you back to days gone by. I always get a kick out of the Heinz 57 variety of power on short lines Well done, Harold!
Harold, any details on the purple "F" unit? ACL maybe? Great photos, how about some directions to this place, would make a good Sunday drive from here in North GA. {Just a few miles south of the Georgia Northeastern RR.} Steve
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by 7600EM_1: Harold, I have a few things to say one is.. GREAT pictures man! Two is I have to say of all the diesels that are made and if i'd have to pick one to be my favorite it has to go to the GP-30's, being I love my steam loco's its kinda hard to pick a favorite diesel, so my favorite diesel goes to the GP-30 being they look mean! But a High Nose GP-30 has to be a monster in looks!!!! I love the High Nose diesels. Its just that the big Dynamic brake blister on the GP-30's got me and with a High Nose on a GP-30 yet to boot nothing can get better.. But thats my oponion so.. I like the High Nose GP-30 Harold, I never seen one beside an HO scale Brass one... Never a real one! Got any more High Nose GP-30's ??? Post 'em if you do! [ 03 July 2001: Message edited by: 7600EM_1 ]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> John, You have garnered my attention..... I have always been a GP30 fan, especially high nosed versions. I do have photographs of most of the Southern GP30's rostered, including many ex- N&W and NKP units! They are in "the archives" (that shoe box I refer to infrequently ) and one day I will get them scanned... I was kind of waiting to see if we would have a Southern RR forum Maybe I can get some posted soon Harold
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lefty: It's great to see those F units still being used for freight service...kind of takes you back to days gone by. I always get a kick out of the Heinz 57 variety of power on short lines Well done, Harold! <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Thanks Lefty... One of the weirdest things I ever saw was one of these trains headed towards me at a crossing with an F unit in the point.... I felt like I was in a time warp Harold
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dieselbldr: Harold, any details on the purple "F" unit? ACL maybe? Great photos, how about some directions to this place, would make a good Sunday drive from here in North GA. {Just a few miles south of the Georgia Northeastern RR.} Steve<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> Hi Steve, Good to have you aboard! As far as location, let me profess that I had kin in "North Georgia" at one time... Hiawassee to be exact Anyway, the location of this railroad, is in SE North Carolina....Probably about 30 miles southeast of Lumberton ( I-95 and US 74) and still a good 40+ miles from Wilmington. As far as useless information, CSX holds the record for the longest tangent (straight) track on a mainline in the U.S. and it is between Lumberton and Wilmington, North Carolina! Harold
<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dieselbldr: Harold, any details on the purple "F" unit? ACL maybe? Steve<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The purple unit was painted for the "Waccamaw Coast Line", actually out of South Carolina, I think. They had F units and GP's that were painted in ACL purple-inspired liveries. I don't know that much about the line, but think it ran from around Conway to Murtle Beach, S.C. Harold
Way cool shots! That derelict F-unit with the Wellsville, Addison & Galeton and Louisiana & North West RR is a good catch. Wonder where the F in front of it came from.....
