That hood on the 2368 looks like a model! Way too nice and smooth for a 1:1! And those gondolas of old ties, good reference for us modelers.
Smooth roof, no exhaust. So 2368 is a slug unit, also no rear headlight. You can see where it is plated over. So not capable of a back up move. Must be mated to another unit, essentially permanently.
"Hey, I was here first. This is MY track!" [February 1998, Bluefield, WV] N&W Big Hook, also at Bluefield.
"Call Before You Dig" Before there was an 8-1-1, you called the railroad agent. Remnants of the BN still exist today, if you know where to look. Minot, ND.
A long way from home, three SP AC4400CWs work a coal train on the former N&W main at Maybeury, WV in January 1998.
Nice catch, Hardcoaler! They do look a little lost; where on the Espee system would they encounter deciduous trees?
It would be beautiful indeed. I hope that someone doesn't determine that the car's name is offensive. Here in the south, Civil War monuments of all sorts are being routinely removed from public spaces.
CRANDIC 204/304 pushing hard on a string of ethanol loads. March 11, 2020 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
By this time, were these units still long hood forward? Or had that changed? Did any have dual control stands?
I think most all of the N&W's high hoods were dual-control equipped as built and designated log hood forward. I'm just not sure what changes might have taken place as these units aged. Was there ever a more fearsome and imposing diesel locomotive than an SD-45 running long hood forward? [Salem, VA - August 1983. The fellow standing is an employee. The engineman tossed us both a bottle of cold drinking water as he passed by.]
Pair of SD40-2W’s screams uphill with 52 cars for interchange in Manchester, IA on CN train L56791 11. Hiawatha, IA-March 11, 2020 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
