Two photos that illustrate my continual fascination with our hobby!
I took these photos, linked on Flickr below, 40 years ago on a road trip from Colorado to Maine. My brother and I camped in Michigan City, IN enroute since I wanted to scope out the Chicago, South Shore & South Bend RR (CSS&SB) which had recently given up electrified freight operations. In the morning we parked at the passenger depot and watched a couple of passenger MU sets go by. Then this lite power/ caboose hop goes by. At the time, "geeps" were very uninspiring, but I took the photos anyway. Film wasn't free so I didn't shoot everything, but these weren't UP or BN.
Time, countless magazine articles and "google detective" work have proven that this set is a bit less well-matched, and therefore slightly less 'ho-hum' than it appeared at the time. My findings are in the captions on Flickr. Only a railfan can truly appreciate them. Non-fans will wonder what the big deal is.
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