Late in their service life a few units were selected to be dedicated to Maintenance of Way services and were dolled up as "pumpkins" making them instant celebrities in the railfan world. Photo by... (more)
A outbound freight is headed geographically east and will soon reach the longest (horizontally) straight section of railroad in America. Likely it will head to the former ACL at Pembroke.
If this iron horse was a real horse it would have a very swayed back. I've always been fond of the SD35 line and especially the SDP. Apparently at some point following removal of the steam gener... (more)