The freedom caboose has been in captive service here for the last 20 years plus! The local roundhouse painted it, as they did the rotary in green. The local crews are quite possesive of it and so it rarely goes any where far. The local uses it almost daily going up to the tank farm, pipeyard and chem plant.
Chicago, Illinois. Cleaning lamps in the lamp room at the Union Station. Jack Delano photo, Library of Congress, LC-USW3-015536-E.
Alco DL109 on a north bound ATSF passenger train at Sibley, Missouri. Jack Delano photo. Library of Congress, LC-USW3-09675-E.
Some heritage on a heritage unit! BNSF SD40-2 1973, not only in former BN Cascade Green, but showing it's original C&S heritage as well!! Harbor Island Yard, Seattle Wa.
So they're called porches. I've observed the configuration without knowing the feature had a name. I learned to spot tunnel motors when I could see scenery through rear ventilation grills
Years ago when the SD-40s first appeared, Trains magazine called them "Little kids with big tennis shoes", referring to the trucks sticking out beyond the bodies, thus requiring porches.
The Amtrak station in Kirkwood, Missouri from the Missouri River Runner as it pulls out on October 18, 2009. This is a former Missouri Pacific depot.
The Texas & New Orleans station in Liberty, Texas in 1905. The T&NO built through Liberty sometime around 1860, just prior to the Civil War. During the war, rail service was discontinued and much of the line was torn up to provide iron for the war effort. After the war it was eventually restored and the railroad came under control of the Southern Pacific. Here a freight train is stopping to take on water. Eventually all the SP controlled railroads in Texas and Louisiana were folded into the T&NO.
Got the CRANDIC moving some outbound Iowa Interstate traffic over to the 900 yard for the evening pick up. 1500XD 202 leads. 1/3/18 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Almost looks like a bottle cap atop the front. I'm very pleased to see the CRANDIC still at work after 114 Years. Thanks for a great photo Buddy!
