Meridian & Bigbee 105 at the CSX engine terminal in March 1990 at Montgomery, AL. The M&B did not serve Montgomery at the time, but they do now via trackage rights over CSX. The M&B is now owned by Genesee & Wyoming. The 105 is GP-7, first owned by the Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia Rwy.
I have SP train orders copied in this depot. But also have same for the Angelina & Neches River. Where were they located, in relation to this SP office?
Railroad depots were so much better/neater than airline terminals. All the excitement without the imposing atmosphere. Doug
Hearne again. A UP train heading south east on the old Houston & Texas Central (SP) at the diamond crossing the the old International & Great Northern (MoPac). X marks the spot, er diamond. You can see the old foundation for the depot just below the diamond from before they moved it to its present location shown on the left.
FM H10-44 MILW 760 at the Illinois Railway Museum in October 1990. I read that it was built in 1944 and was the first locomotive produced by F-M.
Three random slides, including MoPac at Mt. Vernon, IL [April '87], an MN&S centercab at the museum in Union, IL [October '90] and a State of North Carolina EMD F59PHI at the museum in Spencer, NC [June '99].
MN&S 21 looks great, glad it was saved from the scrappers!! I have a Pentrex video showing it switching, crazy sounds!
Oh, that must be cool to hear. Having grown up along the EJ&E, I too am a fan of DT-6-6-20s, though they had been repowered by EMD by the time I was a lad.
I get confused with all of that too, so did some research. The DT-6-6-20 was built by Baldwin through 1950. In December of 1950, Lima-Hamilton merged with Baldwin to create Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton. So, it was likely a pure Baldwin product. Lima-Hamilton offered a similar looking centercab from mid-1950 to mid-1951. The PRR bought its entire production run of 22 units.
Somewhere, I have a VHS tape about surviving diesels from companies no longer in existence. I think it was produced in the eighties. They do feature one of the centercabs but I can't remember if it still had the original prime mover in it nor not. I'll have to look for the tape. Doug
Santa Fe depot in Eagle Lake, Texas. Opened in September of 1911 although the news paper article said they hoped to have it opened on May 1.
