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Rio Grande GP30s No. 3001, 3008, and 3014 pull 30 loads of limestone through Springville, Utah the evening of June 19, 1990. The hoppers were loaded at Keigley quarry on the Tintic Branch and will be delivered to Geneva Steel in Vineyard.
Santa Fe northbound on the "Orient" branch headed by U23b, GP30 (6312....) On a later - and warmer - trip I found a train on it. The expansive fields of winter wheat were getting ripe, and I assume the grain elevator would be ready to accept the harvest bounty. And the Santa Fe would be ready to haul it.
An EMD GP40, SD7E, and a GP30 pull a 63-car Roper - Provo Turn through the Salt Lake Valley between Midvale and Riverton, Utah on June 12, 1993. With numerous Class 1 mergers, the 1990s were a great time to be trackside.
The Port of Tucson's two GP30s begin their day working customers along the transcon in Tucson, AZ. The box on the head end is loaded with bagged sugar from Mexico and will be spotted at Zucarmex in the background along with eight other loads that the local (with the Evergreen stacks) just dropped off on the interchange track out of sight.
Union Pacific GP30 No. 830 shows off its stylish cab and long hood at North Yard in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 20, 1980. The 2250 HP road switcher was built by EMD for UP in August 1962 and retired in July 1985. By Nov. 1988, it was sold to Precision National Corp. in Mount Vernon, Illinois.
Rounding the curve into Jonesville, Michigan, INER 2000 leads two EMD GP30’s with 13 cars past the old depot platform in town.
If I were to lie about the year this photo was made, you'd never know that it is a Norfolk Southern train. A pure N&W engine consist led by GP30s-548 & 550, with GP38AC-4147 & GP18-947, have an E/B loaded coal train in tow as they approach the Vaughan Road overpass at North Collier. 12:24PM on 12/27/83 in Petersburg, VA.
A UP GP30 trio, 866, 846 & 854 are coming off of the spur track leading to what today is the LafargeHolcim Devil's Slide ready mix concrete supplier. Below center is the Weber River, on the right, is UT Rt. 158, Croydon Road.
I posted Sonya's view of this job at Dafter a year or more ago. Well my shot is virtually identical but he'll it is Thursday so here we go with 711, 2004 and 6628 leading OTIAC east on February 20, 2001.
Conrail’s Saucon Drill is working in a sea of Bethlehem Steel coke hoppers in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The second unit is one of thirteen ex-New York Central GP20’s on the roster making an unusual appearance away from former NYC territory.
With a GP30 on the point and a (former) SD45, SD40 & GP9 trailing what's not to like about this Indiana Northeastern unit grain train leaving Edon for Montpelier. Edon, OH 4/15/2024
With a GP30 helper in the lead, the Rio Grande Zephyr has stopped briefly at the passenger station in Provo, Utah on a frosty January 1973 morning.
After spotting a load of plate steel, Rio Grande GP30s No. 3013, 3004, and 3016 emerge from the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Steel plant in Provo, Utah on Dec. 26, 1987.
Rio Grande GP30s No. 3007, 3003, and 3015 pull the Midvale Tramp local from the Midvale Siding to the Bingham Branch with 39 cars on Feb. 26, 1994.
A westbound Santa Fe freight storms out of Chillicothe, Illinois, as it climbs up Edelstein Hill on the afternoon of April 19, 1986. Santa Fe EMD GP30 No. 2777 leads the train around Houlihan’s Curve west of town, and is trailed by an EMD GP35, two GE U36Cs and an EMD SD40-2.
With a big Texas-style "HOWDY" from the head brakie (or the fireman?) a Santa Fe westbound freight approaches "East Tower" behind GP30, F45, SD45 (3239-5905...) With a consist like that, there's a lot for an EMD fan to like.
A westbound Baltimore & Ohio empty hopper train rounds the curve at Turkey Foot, WV on Oct. 19, 1980, led by GP30 No. 6931.
As the SOO operations begin to wrap up in the Yoopee I shot every sunny day that I could find a moving train. September 26, 1987 found a blue dome with the westbound for Marquette making an early departure about 10AM. He's backlit but I don't regret it for a minute as 716 and 404 back around the SW wye before departing Trout Lake. Nice seeing the head brakie riding the steps in traditional railroader attire.
Indiana & Ohio GP35 252 and a GP30 do some industry switching in Springfield, OH in August 1999. Originally Norfolk & Western 232, this locomotive was wrecked in 2008, and subsequently scrapped.
Powered by five four-axle EMD locomotives, a Rio Grande merchandise train traverses the temporarily green hills of the Green River Desert region of Utah, east of Thompson the afternoon of May 26, 1979.
GP30 No. 3015 pitch hits for a missing F9B as the Rio Grande Zephyr makes its scheduled 7:50 a.m. stop in Provo, Utah the morning of April 8, 1977. Train 18's next advertised stop is at 10:00 a.m. in Helper, Utah.
I've already posted numerous photos of this day's lignite train chase but the subject matter is so sweet that I will ignore the high sun and share another one with you. Happy Thirty Thursday to y'all.
9-7-1984
Rio Grande GP40-2 No. 3105 leads train No. 101 through Spanish Fork Canyon at Castilla, Utah on Christmas Eve, 1987.
The lone TP&W GP30, number 700, was a favorite among the fleet. It was built in September 1963, and is shown here in its as-built paint. The unit received three subsequent paint schemes before coming to the Santa Fe in January 1984.
On March 11, 1969, the eastbound TP&W manifest is crossing the Mississippi River at Fort Madison, Iowa. In those days, the TP&W ran a manifest from E Peoria, Illinois, to Fort Madison via trackage rights over the Santa Fe from Lomax to Fort Madison. The westbound TP&W would pull into a vacant track in the Fort Madison yard, pick up its return cars off a nearby track, and return to E Peoria. Sometimes the outbound train would not be ready, and the engines would layover near the Shopton yard office until it was. (Santa Fe's yard in Fort Madison was called Shopton at that time.)
This photo was made from the roadway deck of the bridge. It looks like the crew borrowed a Santa Fe GP20 to help out on this trip..
Being home to the BN Alco fleet Vancouver seen its share of smoke over the years. This weeks SNS has a set of EMD's kicking out the carbon in March 1979 with 2221 leading the way. Photo by Greg Stadter, Chuck Schwesinger collection.
A westbound Santa Fe manifest descends the Tehachapi grade at Keene, California. GP30/GP35 power was quite common in this era.
I'd went west in search of the last few operating CNW GP30's in September 1988. These units had been stored for a long time and were reactivated by CNW as they were to be sold to the FRVR operation in WI. The three 30's that CNW made operational that were to be included in the sale were working out of Chadron to Belle Fourche. On September 12, 1988 I ran into a very late running BFPRA out west of Belle Fourche on the line to Colony. It was nearly dark and the train was operating eastbound so the light sucked but here's my CNW 30 Thursday shot. 815, 814, 831, 4117, 4502 and 4562 roll east. I tried looking at Google Earth to see where the industry to the left is but couldn't really see anything that resembled it now west of Belle Fourche.
Union Pacific GP30 No. 811, DD35A No. 75 and DD35 No. 97B pull a train of Iron Mountain ore into Provo, Utah for a crew change on a gloomy Dec. 21, 1977 afternoon. The unit train will soon be delivered to United States Steel's Geneva Works in Vineyard, Utah.
SOO/Lake States train 12 zips along near Dafter with 716 and 4227 leading 33 cars on the evening of April 27, 1987. Looking back at this it is hard to imagine the SOO would be gone from the Upper Peninsula in less than 6 months from the date of this shot. I'm running a few hours later than my normal Thirty Thursday posting but I guess the main this is I'm still running:)
Rio Grande GP30s No. 3001, 3008, and 3015 pull a 17 car Provo turn at 102nd South crossing between Riverton and Midvale, Utah the afternoon of Aug. 3, 1989. This is the same crossing where on Dec. 1, 1938, Rio Grande's Flying Ute freight from Pueblo, Colorado struck a Jordan School District bus killing 23 students including the driver.
Looking good on both ends back on May 4, 1980 as the daily eastbound Toledo Peroria & Western freight headed by their lone GP30 gets an old fashioned boost out of Peoria by Nickle Plate 765 which had arrived the day before and would pull excursions the following weekend.
Rio Grande GP30s No. 3001, 3013, 3019, and 3003 pull dolomite loads from the Keigley quarry through Provo Junction en route to Geneva Steel the afternoon of May 30, 1990.
Once built as a GP30 for the Great Northern in 1963, now in its then predecessor, Burlington Northern “Cascade Green” paint and now rebuilt into modern modifications by BNSF as a “GP39E”. BNSF 2740 leads westbound train CHIGAL (Hodgkins, IL - Galesburg, IL) with an H1 GP60B, an H4 SD60M and 2 ES44ACs trailing, as they race over the Des Plaines River in Lemont, IL during the last golden rays of the evening on the BNSF Chillicothe Sub. Taken: 9-19-20.
The short-lived Conrail/Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac run-through train from Richmond, Virginia has arrived in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The power has left its train in the “heavy side” yard, and is on its way to Bethlehem Engine Terminal for servicing before starting a return trip in the early evening. It’s a good bet that the string of RF&P and Southern box cars in the “light side” yard will be part of its consist.
Because this train ran on the Northeast Corridor between Philadelphia and Washington, the leader needed to be equipped with cab signals compatible with the PRR system. Almost always, the leader would be a former PC unit, since no legacy units from other Conrail predecessors were so outfitted. Conrail started a program to retrofit these units with PRR-style cab signals, and the ex-Reading GP30 seen here was apparently an early recipient.
This is not the average Keddie shot as BN 2221 leads a northbound in November 1976. No photographer listed to credit, Chuck Schwesinger collection.
Union Pacific C30-7 No. 2527, GP30 No. 863, and SD40 No. 3074 depart Salt Lake City for Provo the morning of May 17, 1986.
Rio Grande GP30 No. 3015 shoves a 102-car UT04L into Geneva Steel at Lakota Junction on Jan. 16, 1994.
This weeks SNS is C&O 3020 and 3560 leading coal at Beach City OH on September 11, 1970. No photographer listed to credit. Chuck Schwesinger collection.
After picking up a tank car at Chem Spur, Union Pacific’s West local heads for Rocky Spur through Barbara Gulch just east of Rocky, Colorado, on December 16, 1997. Powering the local are vintage Rio Grande EMD GP30 Nos. 3006 and 3003. It might be UP, but this local in 1997 still looks like the old Rio Grande!
A trio of Rio Grande GP30s pull a train of Kern River pipe empties through Springville, Utah on Aug. 8, 1991.
Eastbound Baltimore & Ohio manifest QD-88 passes the station in Oakland, MD on June 21, 1980, led by GP30 No. 6917. B&O's Oakland station was designed by E. Francis Baldwin and constructed in 1884. It has always been one of my favorites and thankfully, has been restored.
WC train 34 is crossing 6 mile road near the top of the climb out of Soo yard a couple miles railroad east(geographically north) of Dafter. Engineer Gary Drow has made short work of the hill with 711, 6543 and 6504 having only 3200 tons trailing them on a nice September 16, 1989 evening. In fairness I removed a couple powerlines that ran above the two big SD's. The three ex SOO GP30's that received full WC paint were my favorites to shoot on a WC roster full of really neat stuff.
Santa Fe EMD GP30 No. 2723 leads a westbound freight around Houlihan’s Curve at milepost 133 just west of Chillicothe, Illinois, on the afternoon of May 1, 1988. Six other Santa Fe EMD 4-axle units trail behind, including a GP39-2, two GP20s and a trio of GP7s.
I haven't shot this line before today, but I had seen enough photos to recognize this bridge as soon as I saw it. The curve to the south was wide open and we set up at the road to the south and shot him coming around the curve. After this bridge the speed restriction went up a bit, and the former CBQ GP30 let out a bit of a smoke show while throttling up to get up to speed.
BNSF GP39E leads the 428 local southbound on the Beatrice Subdivision outside De Witt, Nebraska, Nebraska, December 23, 2022.
Doug Harrop Photography • July 1978
Rio Grande GP30 No. 3001 leads D&RGW train 68, a Pueblo to Denver daily. D&RGW dispatched two trains each way each day, 66 and 68 northward, 65 and 67 southward.
68 is on Santa Fe track at this location. D&RGW and Santa Fe switched sides about 1/2 mile to the south (behind this train). There is a house track to the left and a siding to the right. The Santa Fe 112RE rail at this location would be replaced with 136RE welded rail.
Many thanks to Mark Hemphill for providing detailed information.