A pair of Canadian National ‘Geeps’ and a ’stuffed’ DRGW F9A unit.
CANADIAN NATIONAL ROSTERED 60 of EMD/GMDD’s versatile GP38-2, purchasing them in two batches. The first 36 were fairly standard spartan cab models, albeit with a few Canadian-specific features, such as the stepwells, air cylinders, cab-mounted bell and snowshield, while the final 24 also sported the ‘North American’ wide-cab. An example of the first order, CN 4712, is illustrated here switching at the former Milwaukee & Northern yard at Green Bay, Wisconsin, on October 7th, 2002.
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A Coors switcher and an unique Wisconsin Central GP40-2.
COORS BREWING CO. SW8 switcher No. C990 lugs a rake of insulated box cars from the yard for loading at Coors’ Golden, Colorado, plant on September 26th, 2002. The bright red locomotive was still going strong in its 50th year, having been delivered in 1952 to the famous Chicago Rock Island & Pacific.
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An interesting IHB pairing, an NS manifest and another I&MRL SW1200.
POUNDING OVER THE crossing at Blue Island, Illinois, Indiana Harbor Belt GP38-2 No. IHB 3801 and ‘Power Booster’ No. PB4 are recorded heading back towards the nearby IHB Blue Island Yard on October 9th, 2002. ‘Slug’ PB4 was rebuilt from former Illinois Central SW9 No. IC 1230, while the GP38-2 was ex-Norfolk Southern hi-nose ‘Geep’ No. NS 5068. The former has since been sold on and now works for the Birmingham Southern in Alabama.
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ICE’s ex-I&M Rail Link GP9s and SW1200s.
WEARING I&M RAIL Link lettering on the cab in a somewhat non-standard ‘block’ style, former Soo Line GP9 No. IMRL 125 (ex-SOO 588/4233) sits on one of the turntable roads at Nahant Shops, near Davenport, Iowa, on a dreary October 2rd, 2002. The Dakota Minnesota & Eastern had purchased the IMRL the previous July, renaming it the Iowa Chicago & Eastern.
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A DRGW-inspired WLE SD40-3 and a pair of BNSF SD70MACs.
A GROWING TREND in recent years seems to be for shortlines and regionals to adopt paint jobs inspired by classic fallen flags, and you don’t get much more of a homage than Wheeling & Lake Erie’s almost direct take on the Denver & Rio Grande Western’s superb ’speed lettering’ scheme. Upgraded SD40-3 No. WLE 3073 (ex-Union Pacific) leads sister unit WLE 3048 and a rake of empty hoppers through Norfolk Southern’s Bellevue Yard, Ohio, on April 27th, 2002.
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