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[MrKLUKE]

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[Mark5]

Big Blue!

[asciibaron]

15 years ago, who would have guessed we'd be nostalgic for Big Blue on the Curve?

[davefoxx]

Not blatantly obvious at first glance that they're patched NS units.  I like it.  Thanks for sharing.

DFF

[choochin3]

Not only are thet Blue,but ALL EMD! Wooooot!

[The Donkey]

15 years ago, who would have guessed we'd be nostalgic for Big Blue on the Curve?

When I first got into trains in the late 70's, where I lived it was almost
all CR, with a smattering of Chessie. The few pics I took of CR, I figured
I was wasting my time-who would ever want to look at them down the
road?  :-\ Nope, I'd have never dreamed today we'd be on the hunt for
blue.

Great pic Jeff-I hope to get over to the curve one of these days.

[Bob Bufkin]

Don't tell Lee, but I get nostalgic seeing a kitty on the side on cars.

[asciibaron]

Don't tell Lee, but I get nostalgic seeing a kitty on the side on cars.

there are still a few B&O covered hoppers in sand service between Hancock and Locust Point - B&O Dome emblem is untouched.  i'll have to keep an eye out for those...

[wm3798]

There were some WM speed cars in that service as well...  Haven't seen one in a few years, though.

Lee

[David Leonard]

I have a friend who attended a railroad union convention in Pittsburgh Aug 9-11. He told he photographed a coal train with 3 blue SD50/60's coming off the Mon Line. I'll bet it was the same train. Or was it not a coal train that you saw?

[Ed Kapuscinski]

It might be the same train, or another one.

Those SD60is are the units specially assigned for coal trains to the Strawberry Ridge (I think) PP&L power plant.

Note the high cutouts on the plows.

Of the units assigned, a surprisingly high number are all still blue, making for those heavenly scenes that look like 11 years ago.