Eastern Railroad Discussion > The Colorful GP9's Of The Youngstown Southeastern

This morning I took a little 3 hour stroll to a small town about an hour south of Youngstown called Negley. Negley is the very south end of the Youngstown and Eastern. This railroad is extemely busy with trash cars, so much that a seperate job works out of the town. The job switches the landfill and heads to and from Signal, Ohio with loads and empties which eventually get transfered to NS and CSX in Youngstown. The power for the past month has been Ex New Castle Industry GP9 #77(Ex BAR #77) and Ex Tishimingo GP9 #222(Ex ICG). The following shots were taken between Negley and Signal this morning as they made 2 trips to recieve cars. The first move was made with the 222. Enjoy!

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Definitely colorful and interesting first generation units.
Thanks for the nice photo series post.
ALLEN

You certainly found an interesting and colorful short line.
Bob

Love the shortline photos.  I'd say you did great considering that from your shots it looks like a lot of the line runs through the ubiquitous eastern US tree tunnels.

They didn't take any chances you would have trouble reading the number from the front of the 77 did they!!!!!   I don't think I've ever seen a unit with four actual number board in place on one end.   UP back in the day was bad enough with not only the two number boards but also a number painted (sticker) on each side of the nose.  

That shot #8 along the stream is IOD material. I like them all.

Robert Morris
Dunsmuir, CA
Robert Morris Photography

Nice pics!!

I'm still not sure if that lead unit is #77.