Happy Valentines Day I don't remember the year on this picture, but it was early 2000s. This is a rare beast. It is an honest to goodness 6000 HP SD90Mac-H as evidenced by the angled roofline. But not just a Mac-H the cab design shows it is one of the first series. The MAC-HII series had noses like the SD70ACe. I believe all examples of this were scrapped where as the second series, some still exist.
Yep! That's a real first-series MAC-H. The MAC-H IIs have rectangular windshields and a chunky nose profile. That's one rare - and big - beast. Nice catch.
My brothers and I skied down the old D&RG Tennessee Pass line from Redcliff to below the abandoned Gilman Mine. We checked out two tunnels along the route. You can see the portal of one of them in the first image. The other one shows one of my brothers looking out of the second tunnel that we came to. Sent from my DROID4 using Tapatalk 2
Some more photos from the lower tunnel below Gilman, Colorado on the D&RG. Ice formation on the rail caused by dripping water and the wind. Looking at "The light at the end of the tunnel."
Yesterday the wife joined me on a road trip to check out what's left of the C&O Depot at Mt. Sterling, KY. Trackside: C&O Station Mt. Sterling KY by BGTwinDad, on Flickr Streetside: C&O Station Mt. Sterling KY by BGTwinDad, on Flickr Caboose selfie: C&O Station Mt. Sterling KY by BGTwinDad, on Flickr It's rather sad, really. There was an effort a few years ago to restore the depot into a combination museum and hall-for-rent and trailhead building, but it fell through for lack of funding.
Sad to know their efforts failed. But at least it still exists, so there can be some hope. Fascinating to see this. When was it built? My paternal great grandfather was born in this town.
It appears to have been constructed in 1910. It was on the C&O (nee' Elizabethtown, Lexington and Big Sandy) mainline between Ashland and Lexington. It was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1991, so hopefully that will make it somewhat more difficult to lose. There are a few more photos on my Flickr Photostream. Just start with the caboose shot and go backward. http://www.flickr.com/photos/bgtwindad/12554614635/
Interesting. My great grandfather worked for the C&O. I have always wondered what facilities were in that vicinity, as he was a boilermaker/machinist.
I don't know a lot... There was a fairly decent sized yard and engine shop at Lexington. The only remaining sign of the yard is the coaling tower, which still stands and is being used to store ... aggregates of some kind ... by Clay Ingels, a brickmaker located on the site. There's an Army depot at Avon just outside of Lexington that has been there for a long time. My wife's grandfather was stationed there during WW2. You might find this site (http://www.abandonedrails.com/Lexington_Subdivision) to have some useful information as well. Lexington has been slowly converting the line Eastward toward Winchester into a multi-use trail, but have completed only a few miles so far.
