Pre - Lobtomy SD45

[espeelover]

I just found some old prints in a cigar box, stuff I took 20 plus years ago and decided to post a few here.



8859 is shovin' hard on that crummy, you can see the exhaust heat waves as the 3600 HP EMD grinds by in run 8.

[SP 9811]

Awesome shot! New fans today would call this a "DPU", whatever that is! Its a manned helper damn it!

[espeelover]

Thy were all manned back then (unless they fell off or went to sleep on the potty), least ways til those BN Dash 2's and RCU cars showed up. A few months later, here came the radio equiped 40T-2's.

DPU, SP invented that! They called em swing helpers...