Do not think they received fuel from the top of unit. Fuel tank and fill were under the unit. Think radiator may have been real low are lube oil. Really did not know there were any fill caps on roof.

Yep Receiving fuel.. Is that number 92? Tom Roise

That looks like a GP7 in Barriger paint in the background.

1960s would be correct.

MKT depot [photographer unknown] 1960s might be a good estimate of the date of the photo.

Nice aerial view of much of downtown in the 1920s, thanks to Traces of Texas on Twitter. What railroad features can you spot?

If you want to re-live that experience, take a trip to the Chicago suburbs and find a nice place to sit and watch the commuter rush along any one of METRA’s lines. All of their locomotives and cab

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Some of the early BN SD70MACs did have alternating ditchlights. There are at least a few YouTube videos that show this phenomenon. From what I have derived, it wasn't some fixed number series. I

Mars lights have not been used in a long time. Since they used a mechanical device to rotate the light around, it was high maintenance, and fell out of favor. I remember staying at my grandparents

The BN units I was referring to were the whiteface and zebra striped GP50s. I believe a few SD40-2s were outfitted with them, too. I grew up and lived a half mile from the BRI so I've gotten to watch

Are we all supposed to know this car?? Tom Roise

Up 7756 and 7721 pulling DOT car 216 coming into Clovis (!) at 2032Z. Earl Clovis

If I remember correctly at least to start the BN SD70MACs had alternating ditch lites but old age comes into play. SPFan

The last order of SP Dash 9s had flashing ditch lights. UP never replaced the module so now UP has units with flashing lights. Just saw one on a rock train a few weeks ago. CSX always had them to my

I think NS is the only railroad that had flashing ditch lights and only on a few units.

Congratulations!! Tom Roise

Book #14 in my series of railroad and waterway histories hit the market this morning. This one covers the route history of the Heavener Subdivision of Kansas City Southern. The route is from