Yep, I enjoy those shots from a distance... they tend to tell a story of "something about to happen".
With moments of light left and fading fast, second-generation EMD units lead a short local eastbound between Lonetree and Des Lacs, ND.
All aboard for San Antonio, El Paso, Tucson and Los Angeles. October 6, 2018. Two locomotives, two sleepers, a diner, a lounge and two coaches. No baggage car.
KCS Gulfport (MS) Branch, Hattiesburg Turn coming home, 4/19/2008. Running on 90# jointed rail laid down in the 1920s. Since replaced with 115# CWR, and speed limit raised to 49 mph from 10 mph.
Put a BBQ and a couple of chairs on that porch! With that big 645 purring behind you as you go along, that's a train ride!
Yep, you sure can. Good catch. I think NS 3231 has since had its high hood chopped. I'm thinking that none of NS's SD-40-2s remain in service with high hoods, but I could be wrong.
Iowa Northern South Job northbound crossing over the swollen Cedar River NW of Cedar Rapids, IA. October 17, 2018. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk