With no one visible in the picture, it almost appears that they made a Friday afternoon lift and just left it up there for the weekend.
Cleaning out the C&NW Glenbeulah, Wisconsin depot before the line was abandoned in December of 1952. The line between Sheboygan and Fond du Lac was being abandoned as it was a passenger route with little freight business. All because of them cars like this Nash Rambler wagon caused the passenger traffic to dry up.
Today's NS 19G had an ex-NW SD40-2 along for the ride. The yellow beacon on the cab indicates that the unit is capable of remote-control operation.
I learned the other day that Ramblers of that era with the front fender skirts had their front axles narrowed so as to provide room for the tires to swivel. You can perhaps see evidence of this in the picture with the tire tracks in the snow.
The 138 mile Western Railroad of Alabama operated between West Point, GA and Montgomery, with a branch extending further west to Selma, AL. The WRofA was a component in the West Point Route, with the Atlanta & West Point and Georgia Railroad, all under common ownership. The road fielded a modest fleet of 40 FT hoppers and I was happy to find one on 04/09/1984 at Montgomery, AL.
Houston's Union Station in 1928. The building has now been incorporated into Minute Maid Ball Park where the Houston Astros play.
Three different trim packages on those Plymouths. I still have an old Popular Mechanics magazine comparing the '59 Chevies, Fords, and Plymouths. It was my dad's and I saved it because I had a '59 Chevy. Well, it was my oldest brother's first as he received it for graduation in 1967 but I ultimately ended up with it. Doug
Mmmm... blueberry vanilla... Interesting pattern on the snow clinging to the nose of the 2nd unit. Aerodynamics!
You wouldn't think trains would get that dirty, riding on rails. but they do. I mean, they're not going through mud puddles or wet ,dirty roads. I guess their mass and the speed throws the dirt up. Doug
More dirty Amtrak, from 04/11/1987 at Bloomington, IL. The 385 went on to serve the San Luis Rio Grande (since bought by the Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad) as their 453.
All three of these BNSF units were as clean as the lead unit when departing Denver, this is one trip up and over the Moffat, with 13,000 tons of frac sand, headed to Utah. Brain Morris photos. DP of same train.
This afternoon's NS 50V grain train at Blythewood, SC led by the beautiful AC44C6M 4631, fresh out of Wabtec's Ft. Worth Shop last month. He was "haulin' the mail" at track speed, just a beautiful sight to watch pass by.
