A Little Bit of ‘Conneaut’ at Morgan Run

Ohiio Central tool car Conneaut is in Morgan Run on Oct. 13, 2006. To its right is the nose of former Grand Trunk Western 4-8-4 No. 6325.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

An SD50 in Grafton on the Greenwich Sub

Today we visit Grafton southwest of Cleveland on the CSX Greenwich Subdivision. This once was part of a New York Central line to Cincinnati and Columbus, and the NYC line to Indianapolis and St. Louis.

Shown is SD40 No. 8635 with an eastbound on July 17, 2010. The unit had been built for the Chesapeake & Ohio in November 1985.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

EL Monday: F7A 7111 in Action

Here are two images of Erie Lackawanna No. 7111 from the same slide taken by an unidentified photographer in an unidentified location and processed in October 1972. The F7A began life as Erie Railroad 711A after being built by EMD in January 1950. The bottom image is a cropped version of the top image. The image is from the collection of Robert Farkas.

One Day in Brownsville

It is late 1968 or 1969 in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, where John Woodworth and I found Monongahela No. 1210, a Baldwin RF16A, sitting in the sun. Unfortunately, I could not get all of the next unit in the frame as well since this was Monongahela No. 3708, the railroad’s only Baldwin RF16B unit.

Article and Photograph by Robert Farkas

Steam Saturday: Cruising at Lowellville

John Woodworth and I found Chessie System 4-8-4 No. 614 eastbound in Lowellville on June 27, 1981.The Greenbrier-type locomotive was pulling a roundtrip excursion between Akron and Pittsburgh as part of the Chessie Safety Express program.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

High Nose in Ludlow

Charlie Wilson and I found high nose Southern Geep 8271 in Ludlow, Kentucky, on Dec. 28, 1972.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

It’s Been Modified

CSX No. 2201 is a road slug in a modified GP30 body. It leads a westbound through Warwick Yard in Clinton on March 13, 2005.

Photograph by Robert Farkas

Waiting to Return to Downtown Cleveland

It is the late 1960s or early 1970s in Cleveland. Shaker Heights Rapid Transit car 72 and other PCC cars are sitting inside the Van Aken loop in Shaker Heights. Soon these cars will be called for rush hour service to downtown Cleveland. Today this is the Blue Line of Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority.

Photograph by Robert Farkas.

Chessie System Two for Tuesday

For two for Tuesday we’ve asked the wayback machine to take us back to see some Chessie System motive power. In the top image we see Baltimore & Ohio No. 6614 in a Chessie livery and B&O No. 6558 in its original scheme. The train is in Akron on July 2, 1976. In the bottom image B&O No. 4331 is eastbound in Greenwich in the fall of 1986.

Photographs by Robert Farkas

Conrail Two for Tuesday

In the top image Conrail No. 3218 is using the wrong main as it goes through Louisville near Alliance in January 1985. In the bottom image, Conrail 2016 is part of a helper pair in Limaville on Aug. 19, 1986.

Photographs by Robert Farkas