Iiiiiittt'ssssss Fridaaaaaayyyy!!! Welcome aboard and for this week, I'll visit the wayback machine again. 2009 in Essex, MT: And keeping the GN theme, GN X-51 at Minot. This caboose has been moved to the Railroad Museum of Minot.
My contribution for the week is this surprise catch this past Saturday afternoon (Feb. 24, 2024). On the way home from a quick run up to Chattanooga, I was early enough that I could make the LHS in Cartersville. CSX Juniata yard is right off the exit I needed to take so I make a quick drive by. When you first turn onto the side street that runs by the yard, i could see there were 4 Geep hanging out. Of course the ones facing west were in great light and the ones facing east in just fair light. As I usually do when I stop by here, I will drive down this side street a few hundred yards to a turn around and shoot any cars and power as I come back up the road. As I was working my way back shooting cars and the first set of engines (the farthest ones in the above photo), I finally glanced at the second set and that is when I got a surprise. I knew this unit had been done a while back but thought for sure it was long gone and I'd never see it. So so light or not, I was a happy camper.
Nice catch on the RF&P unit. Yesterday's NS19G had to wait for a MOW-caused backlog to clear before heading west after work in Reading's Spring Street yard. Five units, bookended by AC44C6M's, all on line, gave a treat for the ears.
Look how clean these SP SD70's were, shiny clean and new. They were only here a couple days before heading to CA and never seen again here. Here in the cab tracks in Grand Junction. photo by me.
Was digging around in some old photo files. I found these from a trip on the Texas State Railroad in May of 2007. A round trip between Rusk and Palestine up in the Piney Woods of East Texas. Engine 300 is one of two surviving United States Army “Pershing” engines. This type of engine was named after General “Blackjack” Pershing and built for service in Europe during World War One. Fortunately, this locomotive remained in the United States, primarily serving the Camp Polk Army Base in Leesville, Louisiana. The conductor on the platform of car 1511, the EX Santa Fe Lounge Observation, built by Pullman in 1926. On loan from the Texas Transportation Museum in San Antonio to the Texas State Railroad. Disconnected from the train, the 300 backing into the shop at Rusk for routine maintenance.
Wow, March already. Love @BNSF FAN's "Heritage Bandit" RF&P find! It's a pleasant surprise to see that CSX allows these to live on. From 03/20/1997 standing on the Route 66 bridge at West Crookton, AZ.
