Russ - I wonder who elsenoticed the broken concrete block holding down the exhaust stack on the last rooftop pic? Hopefully it is attached somehow! It would provide a rude wakeup call to someone!
Ooops! And this redneck shoulda thought of that! But then, I have seen or used such creative tools to hold things together.
Looks sort of like they built a new cab and nose for it in their shops, kind of like the Santa Fe did with their "Topeka" cabs.
Proof that you can run a GG1 on your layout without the need to string catenary: http://ctr.trains.com/~/media/image...f-the-day/2016/06/20160609.jpg?mw=1000&mh=800 Actually, the loco and train are being towed backward by B&O diesels as a result of a derailment on the Pennsy.
GP38-3 rebuilds: http://wvncrails.weebly.com/sd40-3-csx-old-new-locomotive.html (scroll down page) http://www.statejournal.com/story/2...ebuild-programpreserves-jobs-in-huntington-wv
This looks like an interesting location. The tracks appear to be a somewhat complex junction or interlocking.
It's right at the north end of the old Rock Island/ IAIS yard. A main street crosses here. Just behind me is the old depot now a museum with a few steam locos and stuff on display.
Taken on the Black River & Western Railroad in NJ sometime in the mid-1970s is No. 57, their ex-Washington Terminal Alco RS-1. I knew the engineman and was blessed with a number of cab rides in it. I don't know the whereabouts of this unit today.
A couple of years ago (and looking much worse for the wear) on the East Penn: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8522/8631697293_92dc768509_b.jpg A recent rumor suggests that the 57 is headed to the Allentown & Auburn and will be returned to service.
In this era, a sighting of resting tank cars causes great concern amongst residents: http://www.hendersonvillelightning....orhood-residents-say-of-railroad-tankers.html
If I had not already been told and could not see the auto in background, this might easily be a scene from the 1950's.
