The old Union Depot in Rosenberg that was built by the Gulf Colorado & Santa Fe and the Texas & New Orleans.
February 1984 at Montgomery, AL finds former L&N U-30C 1484 leading SD-45-2 CRR 3617 and others northbound.
SOO 4412 leading B60 to Savanna via the Sabula Drawbridge. December 20, 2020 Most people get drunk, others want sex but as for me, I go Railfanning.
This spot is a bit backlit for my liking and is more a summer shot when the sun is further north. Oh well, the Split at golden hour is nice any time of year, and a heritage unit isn't a bad catch either.
I like these home-made SD38s. Just like their fleet of GP39-3s they seem to say "we look after our assests".
Former SAL 617, a GP-40 is seen at Atlanta, GA in April 1984 hastily renumbered SBD 6688. She was one of 51 purchased by the SAL.
Wharton, Texas. March 8, 2017. On the old "Macaroni Line" that KCS bought the right-of-way from the Union Pacific and relaid the track.
I had one of these sets late last year (BN 59 + its mate) on the yard job I was working. That slug had so many flat spots it would make this loud racket and bounce all over the place. Worse than a shove platform. When all the flat spots would line up the trainman riding on the steps would nearly get bounced off the thing, and that was only at 10 mph. The crews didn't want use it because it was a dog and couldn't pull squat. The trainmasters would try to get rid of it by putting it on an outbound like the NYFTUL but it would get caught before it could leave town. Everybody hated it. I saw that set the other day in the sand track at the now-closed North Yard roundhouse. Maybe it will get used again, but lots of locomotives have gone to die in that track so I won't hold my breath.
I have a real soft spot for locomotives of the late SBD/early CSX era. CSX seemed to move swiftly like BN did with Frisco when it came to repainting older power like this (well, maybe not *that* fast).
Another illusion busted and they looked so cute to me! Honestly, I'm really grateful for having people like you on the forum, willing to share first-hand experiences with rail-nuts like me
It was indeed a neat era. Looking again at my picture, I now see SAL lettering showing through the black paint just above the SCL's "Coast" and "Line".
