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Matched RJC geep pair 1804 and 4119 passes the tilt board signal at the diamond with the OHCR outside Brewster, Ohio, in the last sunlight of the day on Jan 31, 2022.
Despite having a bit of a revolving door of power the last few years with gensets and SD40's moved on and off the property, this pair of units has steadily roamed the Cleveland Line for the last 15+ years. They are currently accompanied on the line by a former UP/MILW MP15 and a GP40-2 which wears the solid black paint scheme of its previous owner, Lehigh Railroad.
At the Marathon Refinery in Catlettsburg, Kentucky, RJ Corman operates an industrial switching operation to serve the in-plant needs of railcars for the refinery. Three gensets are based at the site, with two seen here performing some Saturday evening moves alongside CSX's Big Sandy Subdivision and the C&O signals that govern the Leach control point in the heart of the refinery.
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RJ Corman - Marathon Catlettsburg Refinery
Catlettsburg, KY
Unknown Symbol
RJC 2696 RP20GE Ex. UPY 2696 Blt. 2007
RJC 5400 RP20BD Ex. RPRX 5400 Blt. 2009
Enchanted Princess measures 145,281 GT and has a length of 330.0 metres (1,082.7 ft), a draft of 8.49 metres (27.9 ft), and a beam of 38.4 metres (126 ft). She is powered by a diesel-electric genset system, with four total Wärtsilä engines, producing a total output of 62.4 megawatts (83,700 hp). Main propulsion is via two propellers, each driven by a 18 megawatts (24,000 hp) electric motor. The system gives the vessel a service speed of 21.9 knots (40.6 km/h; 25.2 mph) and a maximum speed of 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph). The ship houses 1,830 passenger cabins and 757 crew cabins.
PeruRail Vistadome train 504 roars out of the tunnel at KM 108 at full throttle with EMD GR12 510 in the lead. While ALCO's were the primary attraction at PeruRail these 567 powered EMD's put on a damn good show. The new gensets....not so much.
With a trio of MK1500Ds, PTRA's Job 235 enters Manchester Yard at the western end of the Port of Houston, catching the last rays of sun on a late November evening.
The railroad's newly-arrived GMTX Geeps have become commonplace, so catching a pure set of the red and yellow Gensets was definitely a welcome surprise. Additionally, the train's routing straight through Manchester Yard provided a nice view with the Kinder Morgan and LyondellBasell refinery facilities in the distance, as this train is normally routed around the yard via UP's Strang Sub.
Houston, TX 11/29/2021
The IHB's Blue Island hump job has just cleared the diamond in Dixmoor, Illinois as they shove a long cut of cars up and over the hump. A GP40-2LW has been paired with a slug built from a converted NRE 3GS21B genset.
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IHB Main Line
Dixmoor, IL
IHB 590 (Yard Job; Blue Island Yard - Dixmoor, IL)
IHB 4021 GP40-2LW Ex. KLWX 9552, WGCR 9552, YVRR 9552, CN 9552 Blt. 1975
IHB 2021 Yard Slug Ex. IHB 2143 3GS21B Blt. 2011
UP's one and only 2GS14B sits at Dolores.Taken from the frame of an SP MP15DC, this prototype evoked memories of Alco's C415 design. Unfortunately, it never caught on and this was the only one ever made.
Harbor 3800 takes a break from working Riverdale Yard amongst a nice gathering of power.
Riverdale, IL
2021.08.25
A UP GP15-1 and a Genset switch out customers at the industrial park in Buena Park, CA on UP LOA39R. This region is still bustling with carload traffic, feeding a number of local yards in the area.
Tier 3 Genset, RJ Corman RS23BD 2017 is at Lexington, Kentucky on August 5, 2019. (Photo taken with permission)
The Cortena Job had just dropped off their cars and was returning south to Woodland. This day there was no G&W paint to be seen as a good chunk of California Northern's roster are former Rail America gensets.
1201, 1202, BRM001 and BRM002 wind through the curves at the bottom of the Cullerin ranges with 4347 empty SSR grain train from Newcastle to Barellan.
Sunday 18th February 2018
After putting together their train, the Dallas, Garland & Northeastern's Garland Turn departs from Garland, Texas behind a pair of NRE Gensets still wearing their RailAmerica paint. The crew is on the ground throwing the switches at Garland Junction, where the train gets off of the DGNO Garland Subdivision and on to the CPKC Dallas Subdivision to head towards Dallas Yard.
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DGNO Garland Subdivision
Garland, TX
DGNO Garland Turn (Local; Garland, TX to Dallas, TX Turn)
DGNO 2002 3GS21C Blt. 2010
DGNO 2000 3GS21C Blt. 2010
Units that Amtrak seems to have given the (literal!) cold shoulder to, rest under snow cover at Chicago's Lumber Street engine facility. These include the gensets that almost never run, out-of-work NPCUs, and P42DCs- still employed but less busy these days with pandemic-reduced schedules.
Some Genset crap then leased by RailAmerica. I think they started out on the Houston Belt & Terminal.
4 years before NRE decided it was time to purge themselves of locations, the Silvis shops were just bustling with contract work, Here Soo 6033 and a single motor demo genset, maybe someone knows which, were the only two units on this end of the shop with a Watco SD40 in the paint booth to the right. Behind us was all kinds of CP, Watco, and other railroads work that filled up every bit of track space. I am not sure what it looks like today as the shop works towards closure but I'm sure its no where even close to as busy as it was on this day.
After a tremendous amount of military equipment arrived at Jacksonville, FL's Jaxport and Blount Island Marine terminals by ship, several trains worth made their way to Fort Stewart at Walthourville, GA. I opted to follow one of these trains to its apparent destination, on the conjecture that a USAX GP may pull the loaded flats onto base property relatively quickly upon arrival. I ended up waiting much longer than anticipated, but alas in the early afternoon a GP20 (USAX 4642) did blast out of the base to pull the first cut in- totally backlit. Given the terrible lighting conditions, arguably better was the set of gensets (USAX 6523 & 6514) that came out just after sunset for the second cut, which was shoved all the way back to base slowly enough for a sharp high ISO take at Shaw Road.
It appears a certain Wisconsinite pest continues to pathetically grasp at straws trying to root out conflict. Oh well.
Looking down at the power pit at BRC's massive Clearing Yard, SLRG 9925, the famous Iowa Pacific E9, is stored with the Belt's pair of gensets. Meanwhile, a colorful medley of waybilled power has gathered nearby, on their way to new owners or lessors. You never know what you might find in the crevices of Chicagoland.
**Disclaimer** I feel like I shouldn't have to say this, but as some people want to play railfan police, I must note that I had permission to operate my drone in this area. South/West of the shops area is strictly no-fly as it is directly in the path of flights landing at Midway. I couldn't enter that area if I tried, as the DJI app prevents flight in restricted zones.
NWPs two gensets take the Lombard turn east, bound for CFNR.
This ones from back in covid summer. My favorite location at the time was at the port sonoma marina. I got some of my best shots on the line here but I never chased them that far sadly, and now the light is pretty shit for the runs east, especially in the winter.
7/6/20
UP LOA31R 13 shuffles a lengthy cut of cars as it builds its outbound train. The genset era was in full force on UP in the mid-2010s, but today Geeps are back to holding down these jobs. These two were some of the nicer looking ones that I have seen, without graffiti cluttering the flanks.
During one of the many snowfalls of February 2018, an IHB transfer job heads into Bensenville Yard in Franklin Park with a GP40-2 leading a genset.
LOW10's power sits at Union Pacific's 4th Street yard along the Los Angeles River. These three gensets are relatively unblemished with only a bit of graffiti. In a weird reversal of the norm, these engines soon fell out of favor in the LA Basin and were replaced with standard Geeps a few years later.
MC-2 led by one of the MBTA’s two gensets, #3249 is seen rolling north under the Bourne Bridge on its way to Semass in Rochester back in September of 2020.
On the Indiana Harbor Belt main just west of Blue Island Yard at Seeley Ave, a pair of RP15BDF gensets shove back as an SW1500 waits. The RP15BDF is a dual-fuel unit, capable of operating on diesel or compressed natural gas. They may not be the prettiest things on rails, but they do at least add some variety- and personally I think they look alright from this end!
The north side MBTA wash train arrives at its west most terminus in Littleton, MA. From here, the crew will run around to the trailing genset to make the return trip east down the Fitchburg Line.
Newly arrived GMTX GP38-2 #2206 leads PTRA's afternoon tank car transfer, Job 233 (normally 235), along the UP Strang Sub out of Pasadena and into the Houston city limits.
PTRA's red and yellow Gensets are beginning to be retired after 2 decades of service in the port of Houston, with these new Geeps sporting PTRA patches, LED ditchlights, and the rather generic-looking GMTX lease scheme.
As PTRA has decided not to apply a paint scheme to these Geeps, I can't say I'm very much a fan of them, although it will still be interesting to see these starting to earn their keep here.
Houston, TX 10/11/2021
SERA 56 takes the lead of Sierra Northern hill job as it and some cows soak in the morning sun, the first in a couple days.
The 52 and 56 had left Oakdale around 7, a bit earlier than usually, and made there way east about 15 minutes behind the hill job extra. We chose to follow the extra for the first stretch of the line since we knew we could easily circle back onto the main job before heading up the hill to Keystone. After watching the ex-UP RP20GEs switch around tanks in Warnerville, we decided to grab one last shot at Cooperstown before turning back around on the main hill job. We had heard them early so we knew they would be working Warnerville first which gave us some time to run to Cooperstown first. I spotted them just after they had come onto the main with 5 tanks and decided a better spot would be between Cooperstown and them instead of the same shot as before. I ended climbing this hill, somewhat to the scrutiny of the cows to my left. The train rolled by and we were off to Keystone.
12/30/21
Consumers two, two axle Brookville shifters drag a cut of loads into the JH Campbell power plant at Port Sheldon MI. These two units are the primary locos that the power plant uses but they also have a EMD SW/slug combo that had been put out to pasture awaiting sale or scrapping on site, a GE 80 Tonner and a NRE Genset Slug set that is their newest set. The power plant locos are hard to catch outside and usually it isn't in good light if you do see them. I think they are ugly as fuck but they are unique so and seldom shot.
NWP 1501 heads west across the Black Point bridge with three covered hoppers in tow, bound for industries in Petaluma.
I arrived in Schellville to both gensets and 1501 still in the cage. At this point, both genset were yet to be fully fixed up so 1501 would again be heading to Petaluma alone. It was basically a typical Petaluma run that day, excepts they were set back about 30 minutes which was just enough time for the sun to set to soon. They rounded the wye in Schellville and grabbed the three cars before quickly heading west. I stopped at the Fairville curves to try my luck at that spot but because they were just a bit later than usual, the shadows were longer and covering the majority of the curve. But I got the shot anyway and drove down to the Black Point bridge, I knew it would be dark at this point anyway but the sky was perfect and even though it’s pretty dark, it still turned out nice.
7/14/22
NRE built 3GS21Bs are regulars on local jobs at Saginaw, Texas and a pair is seen in front of Attebury Grain on the afternoon of May 15, 2017.
It’s a beautiful Spring Day under code blue skies, as Indiana Harbor Belt’s 594 job is working the hump at their Blue Island Yard with what they consider their “Yard Goats.” IHB 4021, a GP40-2W and a now downgraded 4 axle genset that’s now a slug, IHB 2021. Both units are freshly painted in the company’s revised “retro” scheme from the mid 60s and 70s. They’re seen here at a crisp 2.1 MPH shoving their last cut of cars of the day over the hump and into the bowl. Taken: 3-27-23
It’s been almost 3 years since the Harbor purchased three former CN GP40-2Ws for yard service. Every now and than they shuttle cars between Blue Island Yard and their Michigan Ave Yard in East Chicago, IN, as well as small transfers around the yard but it’s very rare and not common to see them lead a road train westbound, as they’ve yet to do so.
Two CFNR Gensets switch cars into the sidings at Wesley. I think there is some sort of a gypsum processing plant here now. Not sure if the infrastructure and track is new or not, but more activity on the former SP the better.
Funeral train...
On Monday morning, I was driving to Tulsa from home as I usually do. I knew about this train and that it would come through Tulsa at some point in the morning, but didn't know when.
I was fortunate and received some intel from a reliable source saying the train was just west of Tulsa. At this point, it was still dark, but I went ahead and drove towards Cherokee Yard so that I could follow it.
The D-GATSTL (Light power- Galveston, TX to St Louis, MO) rounded the wye just before sunrise and then pulled into East Tulsa for a crew change. I made my way over to Tiger to setup for a shot as I knew the sun would be good at this spot.
After patiently waiting for close to an hour, the train finally showed up at Tiger. 5 Gensets and 8 Dash 8s, all standard cab except for the Warbonnet on the end. All going for scrap.
I will post roster shots of each locomotive later.
I try to not post roster shots but this new slug set is a little too colorful not to post. Consumers Energy's newest locomotive set is seen sitting at CSX's Wyoming yard in Grand Rapids MI awaiting further movement to West Olive. This set will replace a SW cow and calf set that is already there.
SERAs Hill job heads east thru downtown Sonora on it's way to drop off some propane and 2 centerbeams for Sierra Pacific.
12/30/21
On Independence Day 2007, a new RailPower RP20GE Genset was in transit to Texas on UP Train MPRPB 03 as it left Malden after meeting the KMNOA on the UP Jonesboro Sub. More than 15 years later none of these engines are serving the UP, not even the new one.
Locomotives: UP 9172, UP 9358, UPY 2692
7-4-07
Spoonerville, MO
Amtrak power in the form of P42s, P40s, and MP14B #593 congregate at the shop in Chicago. Within a few years, this view would be marred by the addition of Siemens garbage.
A flared radiator Genset from the Terminal Railway of the Alabama State Port Authority pulls a large cut of box cars from the State Docks at Mobile, AL adjacent to CSX's Siebert Yard.
Amtrak locomotive 597, a model 2GS12B genset built by National Railway Equipment in 2014, is seen shuffling around Washington Union Station, where it works moving equipment to and from Ivy City Yard. These locomotives were rebuilt by NRE from SW1000 units, which were rebuilt 20 years prior from SW9 locomotives - also by NRE! Also of interest in this view are Tower K in the background, the dwarf position color light signal in the foreground, and the Loram Railvac ballast excavating machine laid up in front of the tower.
The Harbor's daily delivery around the horn to the CSX at Barr Yard begins its walk across the block. A genset is in charge of the haul on this rainy spring afternoon.
The MBTA is one of several commuter railroads that use a high pressure wash train to blast away leaf residue and reduce black rail. Genset 3249 leads the Wash Extra westbound on The Gloucester Branch at Manchester Draw in Manchester, MA on the return of a trip to Rockport.
A Harbor Genset pumps air in preparation for a trip around the corner to UP's Yard Center as sun and clouds paint their Blue Island Yard. Riverdale, IL.
Rolling up the steep hill and by the replica CL&N depot in Silverton, OH, CIND 2002 leads this day's Blue Ash Local north to work 4 of the branch's customers.
I&O utilizes two Gensets as dedicated power to the Blue Ash Local. They are the only two Gensets on the roster. Not exactly desirable power, but the former CL&N mainline they operate on is fantastically fascinating.
I&O’s Blue Ash job with one of the two CIND’s genset leading into Oakley with a few boxcars.
CIND 2002 RP20BD
A line of 3GS21B locomotives sit in Galveston, awaiting to be sold and/or scrapped. These units were common on BNSF in the Houston area throughout the 2010s, and with them in dead lines now, it seems that they were an overall failure.
Galveston, TX 5/18/2020
Another era ends on the IHB as the final 4 black switchers are retired, seen in CSX's Barr Yard in transit. IHB NW-2's 8811 and 8814 were the last original, unrebuilt power bought new by the Indiana Harbor Belt on the roster and have been replaced by gensets from NRE.
IHB 2272 and 2256 (SW-1200's) are ex Southern Pacific and Milwaukee Road, respectively.
Barr Yard
7/27/11