Looks like you need rock climbing equipment to catch the train here. I don't want to think about what's required to get back in town after disembarking.... The only road that somewhat resembles that front-end paint scheme would be Pacific Great Eastern (BC Rail predecessor) around 1970ish.
Good eye! I saw it too, should be a rare SD40A. They were SDP45 frames to get the large 5000-gal fuel tanks for extra range. Otherwise, just a run of the mill SD40.
I'm thinking it's Vancouver that we're seeing below. I have an excellent Pentrex VHS videotape on BC Rail and the scene looks familiar.
A passing freight from the same day and place as the train order signal shot, Elgin, IL on 07/25/1975. Elgin is on the main line west of Chicago on to Savanna, IL and eventually Omaha.
Another that day at Elgin of F-40C No. 51. Commuter trains on the Milwaukee were called "dinkeys", so this is a dinkey dinkey.
Is it possible this is a PRR line? The engine is missing a Keystone, but the whistle post has one. Looks to be doubleheaded. Check out the low joints in the stick rail, too.
My guess is that it was taken on the PRR's line between Sunbury, PA and Wilkes-Barre, PA, called the Shamokin Branch. If so, the branch was famous for steep grades and heavy ore trains, handled by the PRR east to Mt. Carmel where they were turned over to the LV for the final leg to Bethlehem Steel. These trains were often handled by the PRR's I-1 2-10-0s (aka "Big Hippos") as seen in Point's picture. The PRR owned a meager 598 of them.
Nice identification! No Keystone on a PRR engine seems odd to me. Is that normal? I thought all PRR engines had a Keystone number, or was it only a certain class, like the K-4s?
Speaking of Keystones, I found this short train in the yard at Hershey, PA today. Notice how somebody defaced the locomotive with keystone-shaped graffiti.
This picture reminds me of Rochester, MN where there was/is a similar "urban corridor" with buildings constructed with angled sides to accommodate the CGW tracks passing through. In fact, the new Hyatt House hotel has the back angled, just like the old buildings in the same area. I'll find a picture and post it, later. Doug
I had my doubts for a moment, too. What threw me off the most is that slim building on the left (inside of the curve) until i realized it was a trick of the light. I thought, who would build such a building other than a modeler? Maybe it's just too early and I need more (only half my mug drained...).
