Hey, that looks like Mid-South GP-7 #1059 in the background. IIRC, she was home-based in Gulfport, MS for many years! Most of our MSR locos based here were Paducah-Rebuilt ex-IC GP-10s, but 1059 stood alone, gleeming in the sunlight.
Thanks Frisco Bob, The Grey and Grandure is now negotiating to purchase it "as is" to add to local: "Museum of Urban Art"
COORS C989, as shot from a distance. Transcisco switcher - Coal hopper repair facility at Bill, WY US Army locomotive - Illinois Railroad Museum. Union, ILL Pair of BN SW's performing yard switching in Denver. [ March 16, 2006, 11:00 PM: Message edited by: Keith ]
Camas Prairie SW1000 #143. Ex Rio Grande #143. In Longmont, awaiting pick up and delivery to new owner.
Georgetown Rail Road Baldwin Switcher 1007, which isn't used anymore (S-series, I'm guessing): Georgetown Rail Road GP20 Rebuild 9056 (ex-Milw): Georgetown Rail Road SW1500 9010: Texas Crushed Stone SW-series 514:
About the only way to legally shoot the west end of D&RGW's North Yard is from Amtrak... So, here's a shot of a remote control unit--designed to run RCU operations with any available unit, RC or otherwise. Note the lack of a fuel tank: Grainy shot, sorry--it's hard to shoot thru windows...
Switch engine used by Kopper Tie Company in Denver. Before Trackmobile replaced it. Disposition unknown.
Cat powered critter, ex West Side & Cherry Valley named Arnold Z at El Dorado County Museum, Placerville,CA:
UP GP38-2 1023, a deturbocharged and derated GP40 (not sure of original ancestry). Denison, TX 4-9-06
Springfield Terminal SD26 643, a rebuilt ex-Santa Fe SD24, still soldiering on Guilford/Springfield Terminal/PanAm Railways/whatever they're calling it this week. November, 2005, Waterville, ME.
Dallas, Garland & Northeastern GP38-3 6352, an ex-SP GP35 deturboed & derated to 2000 HP (and most likely with 645 power assemblies installed in the 16-567D block). Sherman, TX, June 2005.
Morrison-Knudsen SD40R 8301, one of three rebuilt SD40 types leased to MKT in the early 1980s. Parsons, KS, circa 1984. The rear hood was from a scrapped UP DD35.
What's This? The old steam curmudgeon has finally got a chance to shoot a train, albeit standing idle at Hood River, OR. Is this a GP-7 or 9? Wife and I took a birthday trip for her, and the weather was wonderful. Testing the new Nikon D-50 for upcoming railfan trip.
JUdging by the louvers on the ling hood, but not being able to see the fans on top, my first guess would be to call it a GP9.
After further review, the play stands Yep, went to George Elwood's Fallen Flags site, and it shows this engine to be a GP9M. Not sure of its ancestry, but wonder if it could be ex-Milwaukee Road.........
