FriscoBob, I was in Ashdown in late 1989. A friend of mine (Matt Ritchie if you know him) that lived in Little Rock at the time took me railfanning out that way. Did get plent of KCS and few Kiamichi units. Didn't get the GN&A though. However, did get up to DeQueen and shot the TO&E. Boxcab, I don't know the background of the blue and yellow geep but I think it is probably a former CSX unit.
I need to scan this again and see if I can get a better exposure. The slide has a lot more detail on it.
Originally posted by Friscobob: Not only that Bob, but there is a Erie Stillwell coach next to it. Glad to see it survived also. This isn't a scrap line is it? Whitewater Valley? [ December 21, 2005, 10:50 AM: Message edited by: Don Rickle ]
This GE center cab used to be the BN shop switcher in Alliance Nebraska. It is now at the AEP repair facility just east of Alliance.
Here's an itty bitty from a cement plant at Colorado Springs: I don't think they get much smaller than that!
Now you have me feeling guilty. There's a grain elevator here in town. With a trackmobile. Which I have never bothered to photograph. How could I overlook something like that? After all, I only see it all the time. Boxcab E50
We have one here in Denver - it's a transfer facility, where they bring in 2-bay hoppers and transfer the cement to trucks.
The Baldwin is from the P&BR (unsure of what it stands for, but it sounds like a steel mill railroad). As for the Lima, go here for information on sister CUT 25. This may either be the running Lima or a stablemate. Accoring to the info by the museum, only 6 Lima switchers exist.
Here's the scoop: http://cgi.ebay.com/ONE-OF-A-KIND-MODEL-LOCOMOTIVE-LOOK_W0QQitemZ6591808729QQcategoryZ130QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting It is a cut down loco body mounted on a truck chssis that the Shriners had... (You know, the Shriners always have neat vehicles ) Harold
If as described, this is something so unique, it should probably be housed at a RR museum. Boxcab E50
