South-bound on the B&LE by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Three SD70M-2s (the third out of sight on the rear of the train) have 105 loads of ore on U702 rolling towards Pittsburgh on the former Bessemer. 8/13/2022
The Usual Pair by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
For years, the typical power for the Huron & Eastern's 701/702 Bay City-Durand turn was their pair of C30-7s, #5086 and #5175. Both are seen here leading 702 south towards Durand on pleasant spring day. 4/13/2012
365 @ Kalamazoo by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Amtrak Train 365, the west-bound Blue Water, slows to a stop at the station in Kalamazoo. West of town, the train will hit 110 mph in several spots. 8/29/2022
ECO Geep by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
One of Norfolk Southern’s GP33ECOs, rebuilt from GP50 cores in 2015, rests at the Park Manor intermodal facility on the south side of Chicago. Grab shot out the window of Amtrak 365, the Blue Water. 8/29/2022
Day One by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Amtrak #301, a new ALC42 painted in the “Day One” original Amtrak paint scheme, sits with other ALC42s outside of the shops in Chicago. Taken from the window of eastbound train 352, the Wolverine. 8/31/2022
LSRC SD50-3 #6351 by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
Lake State (State, there is only one "S") #6351 is paired with a freshly rebuilt CM44AC at CSX's Walbridge yard just outside of Toledo, OH. The current arrangement with CSX has each railroad provide one locomotive each for two sets of power on the trains that run between the LSRC and Walbridge. Since none of the LSRC's locomotives currently have PTC, they are always the trailing units on CSX. That may change with the coming of 5 "new" ex UP SD70Ms.
#6351 was built in 1984 as Conrail #6771, and still retains its CR-spec flexicoil trucks and "bug eye" FRA marker lights. 8/14/2022
Westinghouse by
Jonathon Leese, on Flickr
25Z rolls past the birth place of the air brake, the large Westinghouse Air Brake complex, in Wilmerding, PA. The facility is still used today by Westinghouse successor Wabtec. 8/13/2022