Back in year 2000, CSX had a shop tour (they don’t have them anymore) and had CSX 700. a 70Mac, on display. It was their first 70Mac, and it looked like a bright future, so to speak, for EMD AC out of Cumberland. Since then, though, AC EMD’s are rare around here, the GE AC’s own the hills out of Cumberland, at least the old B&O “West End”.
These were made with my first digital camera, a Kodak DC230, at that shop tour. Since then, 700 was wrecked, nearly destroyed. I hadn’t been able to get a shot of her since that tour. Often looked for her, never saw her again. That is until last week. Thursday she showed up at the Cumberland Loco Shop, looking a little worse for the wear. I shot one of her, had to shoot into the sun. Not good. I dropped by the shop the next day, Friday, and wow! They had cleaned her, she was nice, bright and shiney, but right behind a chain link fence, and between two other locomotives. So I stuck the lens in the fence, pointed up a little, and got this one.
http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=249888
Now the 4500, it still looks pretty good. The big billboard at the shop still has her as the 700, but at least it’s still up there, to this day!
I went down yesterday to see if I could catch her somewhere else, on the road or at the shop in a place with nothing around her, no luck. She has left Cumberland by now, so look for her and snag a photo if you can.
Big Appa