They still appear to be in good condition, considering that they would be retired just two months later and then traded in to GE the following year.
Not surprising considering ATSF's excellent maintenance facilities and practices. They kept their engines in good running order and looking good. And I have to say, the U30CG's were pretty good-looking to begin with.
"Storm Lit Cracker Stacker" A hot domestic intermodal scorches the ballast at MP 17, BNSF Glasgow Sub, just east of Lonetree, ND. I shot from a stepladder!
The south end of the Sierra Nevada's, (the Tehachapi's) tower above Mojave Yard, and SP 374 and 8294, Mojave CA, 1995
Two UP hacks in yellow and green. The top image was taken at Momence, IL in April 1987 and the other at Cayce, SC in January 1993. I'm guessing that the letter P on the cupola means that it's approved for use in Pool service? I see a stencil that reads 'Office Car" on the green caboose. It may have been in the company of the Tamper machine.
I remember when the container trains first started happening and I thought they would be boring. Boy, was I wrong. They are IMPOSING and exciting as they roll by. And, "roll by" is an understatement. So tall! Doug
And now the containers are rolling by as two + mile long double trains here! As they just keep going and going and going......
Watching a fast train pass remains as impressive today as it was for previous generations. I once read a nice quote from long ago in a pre-stack train world, as said by a senior railroad officer to his assistant while trackside. He said, "See those high cars roll. Finest sight in the world." It so nicely sums it all up.
An A&WP 50' boxcar at Montgomery, AL in May 1984 and a B&M 40 footer at Harrisburg, PA in April 1989.
A six unit set of NS power eases northbound into the Chamblee GA yard that supported the GM plant that is now gone. - Feb. 2003
Micro-Trains produced a A&WP car (MT 31120) almost the same as in my slide, released June 1982. Also found a slide of an Apalachicola Northern car at Knoxville in February 1979. A bunch of N Scale manufacturers have done this prototype. We need a new thread for graffiti-free freight cars, right?
Ah ha -- I found my M-T AW&P car that is a close match to the prototype I caught. M-T's car lacks the "Cushion Car" lettering to the left of the diamond, but perhaps not all of the A&WP's cars had a cushion underframe.
Longview, Texas on April 28, 2012. Hmmmm, there appears to be something interesting at the end of this locomotive consist on the UP.
