Trains on this day in the past:

[Green_Elite_Cab]

Thanks Bruce, I like yours too, There has to be more old ones out there.

A pair of U28b locomotives heading north with a string of empty ore Jenny's at West Pittsburgh, Pa. February 11, 1979.
Charlie

Those U28Bs are interesting locomotives. They really are "Interim" units. Early ones (like these) look like U25Bs, late versions look more like a U30B.

Indeed, many U28Bs were already obsolete before they left the assembly line. Some of the last U28Bs, New York Central #2822 and 2823, were testing out the improvements that were implemented in the U30B. These late U28Bs also established the "U-boat" styling used all the way through the Dash-7s locomotive series.

Incidentally, both of these NYC units made it to Conrail. Somewhat frustratingly though, the available P2K models are pretty awful. The Conrail version has a nose light the prototype never had, and the Penn Central version has PRR style numbers, despite being an ex New York Central unit.

I have a P2K U28B, but I'll have to match the P2k Blue paint before I try to shave off the nose light.