I'm not sure. I'm lousy at identifying current locomotives and have to look them up. Thirty years ago, I knew them all.
I think it’s a GEVO of some sort, maybe an ES44 that was renumbered or an ET44 newly delivered. I think it’s probably a newer ET44 based on the height change along the top-the part of the roof on the long hood where the exhaust stack sits is higher than everything in front of it. I think the ES44s don’t have the change on height. But it’s a hard angle to tell from the photo and I’m still learning how to tell the difference myself. I’ll always defer to an expert…but in the absence of an expert I can always make a fool of myself. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
I can't believe it, I found it GE ES44AH No. 1827 honors the founding of the first common carrier railroad in the U.S. Article below: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-rev...tage-locomotive-debuts-on-csx-transportation/ Good guess @MetraMan01 ! Me like, and want a Kato N Scale version, please
Paper passenger car wheels. These are something I read about in a book about the 'Missionary Rail cars' of the 1880's and 90's that the Baptists and others sent out to the 'wild west.' About them having to be changed out, but paper??!! Here is a good explanation.
Wow! What a story! We don't see much of that kind of courage nowadays, and when we do, the hero gets dragged into court. "a series of scientific sledge-hammer blows"... I didn't know one needed a Ph.D. to pummel a miscreant into pemmican...
I was sent this picture from my friend Gary C. in Chattanooga yesterday. This was either in route to/from the TVRM Steam Shops for work. Not sure where it's real home may be.
I probably have a photo of that locomotive when it was at Steam Town in Vermont back in the 60s. I will have to look when I get home.
A vestige of the old order is seen on 11/16/1985 at 13th Street Tower in Birmingham, AL, as orders are hooped up to a southbound. That's the L&N main to Montgomery crossing the SOU main. 13th Street Tower is long gone.
A few more photos from my exploration of Corsicana, Texas last week. A UP container train coming off the old Cotton Belt following the route of the old Memphis Blue Streak Merchandise to join the SP line in the foreground heading south for Hearne . Years ago the Cotton Belt continued straight here and passed to the left of where I was standing. Meanwhile, another UP train is waiting north of town to follow once the above train has cleared the switch.
