Conrail GP40-2 #3065

NS local job B-1-G shoots past the venerable BO Tower on the Michigan Central mainline at Kalamazoo, MI on January 30, 2007. This local operates west on Tuesdays and Thursdays to Lawton, Dowagiac, and sometimes as far as Niles. A pair of Conrail painted ITCS equipped GP40-2s are the standard power, often this 3065/3066 set. They will work Niles today, as evidenced by the Amtrak hopper and boxcars at the headend of the train. The tankcars are for Welch's in Lawton, and the cars at the tail end go to Dowagiac. The fresh snow, icicles, and classic mast signal add to this scene.