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Here's Q594 coming in from Decatur and Paris. October 19, 2006.

CP 3069 Canadian Pacific Railway EMD GP38-2 Diesel Locomotive parked in the Chapleau Maintenance Yard in the Town of Chapleau in Chapleau Township in Northeastern Ontario Canada.

CP 3069 Canadian Pacific Railway EMD GP38-2 Diesel Locomotive

Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway

Model: EMD GP38-2

Built as: CP 3069 (GP38-2)

Serial No: A4530

Order no: C456

Manufacture: General Motors

Year built: 11/1985

Notes: DRS-20d

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When the trailing Norfolk Southern power developed issues at East Binghamton Yard in Conklin, New York this Canadian Pacific SD40-2 was added to the point. My friend Jon Kayes tipped us off, so Keith Latimer and I headed towards Sunbury, Pennsylvania on this nice, sunny day. Before catching 11R here at the 273 signals in Dalmatia, we followed NS local H3W south to Herndon with Conrail-painted GP38-2 5259 leading. Position light signals, standard cab EMDs and a variety of scenery made the Buffalo Line my favorite place when I lived in the Keystone State. Plus, it was a spirited chase! Afterwards, we celebrated my (belated) birthday at Appalachian Brewing Company in Harrisburg, what a great day it was.

A quartet of EMD GP varients accelerate train WAJO out of Warren, PA as they pass through the truss bridge over the Allegheny River.

Four Southern GP38-2’s and a GP38 wheel a southbound TOFC train through Catlett, Virginia.

I just started rescanning some older Illinois Central stuff and chose this one to post first. We're at Homewood, IL and lucky enough to catch a southbound leaving the yard. Three orange and cream four axle EMDs are cranking it up as they pass me. Up front is a GP38-2, the 9631. He's got a GP40, the 3048, and what I think might be an ex GM&O GP35 third out. It looks like it has Alco trucks underneath it. Anyway, a solid set of any color on the IC was kind of neat. Of course, this wasn't yesterday. It was May 20, 1975.

Easton, Pennsylvania

Binghamton, New York

Westbound passing Studebaker plant as seen from Bend Tower, June 1996.

After working industries on the east side of the Ohio River in West Virginia, Norfolk Southern local C17 with a pair of OLS GP38s crosses back into Ohio as it passes through the massive truss bridge in Steubenville.

A pair of Operation Lifesaver painted GP38-2's cross over the Ohio River as they lead Norfolk Southern local C17 into Steubenville, Ohio. The train is heading back towards the yard at Mingo Junction, Ohio after working industries along the Wells Industrial Track on the West Virginia side of the river.

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NS Weirton Secondary

Steubenville, OH

NS C17 (Local; Mingo Junction, OH to Wellsburg, WV Turn)

NS 5342 GP38-2 Ex. CR 8181 Blt. 1978

NS 5358 GP38-2 Ex. CR 8212 Blt. 1978

Buffalo and Pittsburgh train WAJO notches its quartet of GPs up as it leaves the town of Warren, PA with a train of tank cars in tow.

With it's Leslie RS3L blaring, FTVM 9420 and sister 9424 are causing even more chaos through the morning rush at the corner of Avenida 602 and Vìa Tapo in Mexico City.

Metuchen, New Jersey

BNSF railroad locomotives tied down in Enid, Oklahoma.

A pair of KCS GP38-2’s lead the “Fort Smith Dodger” North through Poteau on one of the many rainy mornings from this trip.

Union Pacific GP38-2 sitting idle waiting for next switching operation east of Oklahoma City.

Macungie, Pennsylvania

A pair of Canadian National GPs shove a cut of coil steel cars into one of the many heavy industrial sites in Hamilton, ON that line the coastline of Lake Ontario.

The BNSF Transfer passes through 2nd Avenue in Birmingham, AL. on their way to interchange with NS at 32nd Street North Yard in Birmingham, AL. with GP38-2’s 2048 & 2046 in charge. For a while BNSF had these lettered for BNSF still in their blue & white EMD lease paint scheme. The trailing GP38-2 2046 is still in it’s Conrail blue paint scheme at that time. Both of these have since been repainted into BNSF orange. The lead GP38-2 2048 is a former MKT/EMD GP40 that was rebuilt into GP38-2 specifications.

The last day of Conrail’s second year finds an interesting lashup waiting to tackle the grade to Horseshoe Curve and beyond. A GP38-2 and two GP38’s are joined by two C424’s and a U23B on a westbound manifest passing the Amshak station that served Altoona at the time.

Leased GMTX GP38-2 2233 is leading Eastern Maine Railway's 907 west past a pair of old Canadian Pacific block signals on the Mattawamkeag Sub at Danforth. Baskahegan Stream is seen flowing in the distance behind the train, connecting the Mattawamkeag River with the Crooked Lake Flowage on the other side of Danforth, which the railroad skirts around the edge of.

A quartet of Kansas City Southern GP's are on the point of CPKC LWY101, making a special move of M1 Abrams tanks from Alliance to Wylie after picking them up from BNSF. Running east through Garland, Texas over the CPKC Dallas Subdivision, the train pounds across the DGNO diamond and passes the searchlight signals at Garland Junction.

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CPKC Dallas Subdivision

Zacha Junction, TX

CPKC LWY101 (Military Loads; Alliance, TX to Wylie, TX)

KCS 2014 GP38-2 Ex. KCS 4016, BM 205 Blt. 1973

KCS 2820 GP22ECO Ex. KCS 2820 GP40-3, KCS 4775, UP 661 GP40, WP 3512 Blt. 1967

KCS 1906 GP38-2 Ex. KCS 4015, BM 204 Blt. 1973

KCS 2800 GP22ECO Ex. KCS 4755 GP40-3, UP 882 GP40, CNW 5519, NYC 3030 Blt. 1965

Leading 702 The Rocket.

Cheney, Washington • Sept. 14, 1996

An Indiana Railroad GP38-2 leads two SD90MAC's as SAHW cruises through Bargersville, Indiana at a brisk pace, passing along the grain elevators that tower above the flat landscape south of Indianapolis. A long train is in tow on this Sunday afternoon, with a block of intermodal on the head end and manifest freight behind it.

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INRD Indianapolis Sub

Bargersville, IN

INRD SAHW (Senate Avenue - Indianapolis, IN to Hiawatha Yard - Jasonville, IN)

INRD 3803 GP38-2 Ex. HLCX 3830, CR 8255 Blt. 1978

INRD 9001 SD9043MAC Ex. CEFX 123 Blt 1999

INRD 9007 SD9043MAC Ex. CEFX 9007 Blt. 2000

The CSX Erie to Dunkirk local C745 cruises west through Harborcreek, Pennsylvania as it makes its return trip to the Erie Yard behind a pair a GP's. The lead unit features the yellow stenciled plow, denoting notches for third rail clearance.

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CSX Erie West Sub

Harborcreek, PA

CSX C745 (Erie, PA to Dunkirk, NY Turn)

CSX 2804 GP38-2 Ex. CR 8620 Blt. 1979

CSX 6391 GP40-2 Ex. SBD 6645, AWP 733 Blt. 1974

An Eastern Alabama Railway Job works the OMYA Limestone Plant in Sylacauga, AL.

Conrail had a daily run-through manifest between Enola, Pennsylvania and Hagerstown, Maryland with the Chessie System, and later CSX. Here the westbound train has just departed Enola, crossing the Rockville bridge.

Burlington Northern GP39-2-2733, GP38-2-2091, GP39M-2832 & SD40-2-7034 are leading E/B grain empties G-22. Here, on BN's Kootenai River Sub near MP 1231.1, the train has recently exited the 7 mile long Flathead Tunnel's east portal at MP 1263.5.

HESR job 740 southbound at Zilwaukee.

Elephant-style GP38-2’s lead a Conrail train west past the yard in Reading, Pennsylvania.

Photographer unknown at time of scanning

With a loaded sand train in tow from Ossipee Aggregates, a trio of New Hampshire Northcoast GP's lead D8 south as it crosses over the Union Meadows Pond causeway approaching the town of Union, New Hampshire. On the head end is a block of company hoppers bound for the Tri City aggregates terminal.

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NHN Conway Branch

Union, NH

NHN D8 (Sand Loads; Ossipee, NH to Dover, NH)

NHN 3825 GP38-2 Ex. HLCX 3825, GATX 3825, CR 8244 Blt. 1978

NHN 1801 GP18 Ex. NHN 503, NEGS 503, CRIP 1341 Blt. 1960

NHN 3823 GP38-2 Ex. HLCX 3823, GATX 3823, CR 8242 Blt. 1978

A trio of New Hampshire Northcoast GP's are on the point of train D8 as it the train is loaded with sand at Ossipee Aggregates in Ossipee, New Hampshire. Once loaded, the crew will pull these cars down to the small yard near the engine house to assemble their train with the first cut of cars they pulled earlier.

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NHN Conway Branch

Ossipee, NH

NHN D8 (Sand Loads; Ossipee, NH to Dover, NH)

NHN 3825 GP38-2 Ex. HLCX 3825, GATX 3825, CR 8244 Blt. 1978

NHN 1801 GP18 Ex. NHN 503, NEGS 503, CRIP 1341 Blt. 1960

NHN 3823 GP38-2 Ex. HLCX 3823, GATX 3823, CR 8242 Blt. 1978

CN 401 has Dash9 and a GP38-2 for power (CN 2727 & CN 4712) as it passes the Turcot Interchange. CN 2727 was rebuilt from wrecked unit CN 2667 in 2005 and is the only Dash9 on CN with a 27XX number to not have an IC reporting mark.

Norfolk Southern local C54 (Mingo Jct, OH - Conway, PA) is at the end of its run as it pulls its train south past the yard before shoving in.

Eight years after the creation of Conrail, black patched ex-Penn Central units still roamed the system, such as this GP38-2 at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. There was nothing more disappointing than waiting for a train and finding out that one of them was leading when the train came into view.

CP T07 strolling west with a nice change of face on the point from the typical Eco's that dominate the Havelock Sub.

Oklahoma City railyard locomotive involved in doing switching operations.

With the trio of green painted New Hampshire Northcoast GPs leading the way, the southbound loaded sand train makes its way across the causeway over the Union Meadows Pond.

Missouri Pacific GP38-2s No. 2030 and 2050 lead the PVSC out of Provo Yard on July 11, 1986. The afternoon switch job can be seen waiting in the clear of the yard lead.

Buffalo and Pittsburgh train WAJO notches up as it pulls a long train of asphalt and oil tank cars past the brick depot in Sheffield, PA with a quartet of GP's. Normally entirely nocturnal during the winter months, the early call time of 1500 allowed most of the eastbound run to Johnsonburg to be in light. A recent snowfall in the area contrasted with the orange locomotives running through the landscape.

As the suns sets and shadows close in a trio of New Hampshire Northcoast GP's lead D8 south as it crosses the bridge at the Salmon Falls River outflow of the Mlton Pond in Milton, New Hampshire. With a loaded sand train in tow from Ossipee Aggregates the head end includes a block of company hoppers bound for the Tri City aggregates terminal.

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NHN Conway Branch

Milton, NH

NHN D8 (Sand Loads; Ossipee, NH to Dover, NH)

NHN 3825 GP38-2 Ex. HLCX 3825, GATX 3825, CR 8244 Blt. 1978

NHN 1801 GP18 Ex. NHN 503, NEGS 503, CRIP 1341 Blt. 1960

NHN 3823 GP38-2 Ex. HLCX 3823, GATX 3823, CR 8242 Blt. 1978

CSXT 2727 leads Y133 past the old Buffalo Central Terminal enroute to Ohio Street Yard to work industries in the port.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! A S/B Conrail freight is on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, crossing the Gunpowder River Bridge, on New Year's Day, 1980. Power is GP38-2-8224, U33B-2927, U25B-2620 & GP35s-2284, 2368.

Helpers push Conrail train UPS, laden with coal for the Portland Generating Station, through Bangor, Pennsylvania. The view is from the West Messinger Street bridge, known locally as “the viaduct”.

The Great Lakes Central's OSTN arrives in Howell, Michigan on a rainy October evening, pounding the diamond with CSX's Plymouth Sub and rolling past a set of searchlight signals after dropping the conductor off. The crew will work the interchange with CSX here before continuing south towards Ann Arbor.

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GLC Ann Arbor District

Howell, MI

GLC OSTN (Local; Owosso, MI to Ann Arbor, MI Turn)

GLC 399 GP38-2 Ex. LLPX 2336, UP 1963, CR 8031, PC 8031 Blt. 1972

GLC 398 GP38-2 Ex. LLPX 2331, EMDX 821, CR 8021, PC 8021 Blt. 1972

GLC 386 SD35 Ex. MRL 705, IMRL 705, MRL 1553, NW 1553 Blt. 1965