Brunswick Helper at Dickerson
Helpers east out of Brunswick were a tradition for many years until DPU technology was finally embraced on CSX. Here a set of 'nines shove an eastbound by the Dickerson station on the Metropolitan Sub. Eastbounds on the Met had two stiff grades to defeat; the first and most severe almost right after leaving Brunswick was Parr's Ridge to Barnesville, followed by a shorter grade from Great Seneca Creek to Summit Ave in Gaithersburg. B&O #6432 was one of 16 GP9s delivered in the Spring of 1955, but I'm not sure why this one got the large plow? The helper jobs were coveted jobs, and I even got to work a few before they went away. DPUs squashed the use of helpers out of Brunswick under PSR but I'm glad I got to shove and be shoved over these grades for posterity. It's Spring 1974, and Walter Schopp took this image. JL Sessa collection.
Brunswick Helper at Dickerson
Helpers east out of Brunswick were a tradition for many years until DPU technology was finally embraced on CSX. Here a set of 'nines shove an eastbound by the Dickerson station on the Metropolitan Sub. Eastbounds on the Met had two stiff grades to defeat; the first and most severe almost right after leaving Brunswick was Parr's Ridge to Barnesville, followed by a shorter grade from Great Seneca Creek to Summit Ave in Gaithersburg. B&O #6432 was one of 16 GP9s delivered in the Spring of 1955, but I'm not sure why this one got the large plow? The helper jobs were coveted jobs, and I even got to work a few before they went away. DPUs squashed the use of helpers out of Brunswick under PSR but I'm glad I got to shove and be shoved over these grades for posterity. It's Spring 1974, and Walter Schopp took this image. JL Sessa collection.