A CPKC J12 local shoves back into the yard behind a 6-axle ECO rebuilt unit: A CPKC mixed intermodal and manifest train clatters across Soo Tower in evening light: I like rock & roll, and so do these stacks as they sway over the BNSF diamonds: Tank cars glint in the sun and raise some dust:
^^^^^I love the fall colors. Nothing new from me but I did go back and drag out a shot from two years ago heading east somewhere near Winter Park, Colorado.
Eastbound BNSF stack train sitting at Beaverton Alabama patiently waiting it's turn to polish more of the high iron. August 23, 2013
From 11/14/1981 at Weehawken, NJ, the NYC's TU Tower beneath the Pallisade. The NYC once operated a large freight and passenger terminal here on the Hudson River, with NYO&W using it as well. The tunnel entrance as seen on the left was first punched through Bergen Hill by the New York, West Shore & Buffalo Railroad, acquired by the NYC in 1885 and renamed the West Shore RR. The Hudson-Bergen light rail line runs through the tunnel today. I don't know when TU met its fate, but it's gone.
Those SD30C-ECOs are handsome engines. Classic EMD-ish styling and slanted radiators... very cool! Shake, rattle and roll!
The Rocket has landed! One of the first eight English locomotives that powered the start-up Philadelphia & Reading RR in 1838 is now on display at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. The official dedication will be Friday, October 27, at 10:30 AM.
Think about the evolution of steam locomotives from these small, simple machines to the incredibly sophisticated monsters a little over a century later. This one could nearly fit into the smokebox of the largest ones! From pulling a few converted carriages to huge freight trains of 100 cars or more. All this with just mechanical parts and plumbing. All designed and built by people just using their brains and their hands. Is that cool or what?
The convention center in Pittsburgh is right next to the Fort Wayne Railroad Bridge over the Allegheny. A good way to pass the boring parts of a business conference!
Wow, that 1964 Train Order is really neat! I couldn't find any vintage photos of TU on the internet. Many of the period shots at Weehawken were taken from the top of the pallisade which offers a grand view, but misses TU.
