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  1. GP38-2's and the YEOMAN BROOK

    GP38-2's and the YEOMAN BROOK

    A GP38-2 sure is small compared to a coal ship! The SCR/ex-DEVCO Geeps are helping load coal, which will be used to generate electricity in Nova Scotia. The Canadian flag in the foreground isn't part of the loop structure, it's actually a private house. I took this and other photos of the...
  2. SCR 228 & 217

    SCR 228 & 217

    SCR 228 & 217, both GP38-2's are the power for the coal train. The unloading method seems to be moving 6 cars at the time. The are on the unloading loop.
  3. Loading coal

    Loading coal

    The coal loading facility at Sydney, NS. They're unloading from ship into railcars which then will be passed on from SCR to CBNS and finally to CN. Don't know if you can tell from the photo, but this is a loop. This is done twice daily apparently Monday-Friday using those cute green GP38-2's...
  4. Ship to Shore

    Ship to Shore

    The S.S. United States once set the transatlantic speed record as one of the world's premier luxury liners. Today she awaits restoration at her home port of Philly, while a CSX GP15-1 works the pier beside her.


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