Front End Friday

[kjd]

An LMX "Shark" emerges from the east portal of Mullan Tunnel, west of Helena, MT, probably in April of 1995. The LMX B39-8Es were often referred to as sharks because of the white triangle on the side, sort of like a shark fin.

 

[trailrider]

I wonder if these are at the Wisconsin Great Northern, where the Mark Twain Zephyr is.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

I wonder if these are at the Wisconsin Great Northern, where the Mark Twain Zephyr is.

Yes, that's right. I don't know the name of nearest town, or the address town which is being used for that location. The place has an incredible collection of diesels, rivaling that of many museums.

 

[TLOC]

Front end Friday
8/15/2025

A CN Gp40-2L is waiting for permission on the paper mill lead track. CN 9433 is helping on the Wisconsin River Valley Terminal RR today as the Wisconsin Interstate fleet is busy. 2 Gp40-2l’s are on their way to the Denver Terminal Railway Co and then to Greeley, Colorado for the freelance gathering at the Prototype Modelers Meet on 9/27 and 9/28.

 

[michaeljoe]

I found these quite interesting

 

[NorthBrit]

Class 66?

Did the number on the front give it away? 66746

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Did the number on the front give it away? 66746

Generally it would be either class 59, or 66, i can't really tell the difference.

 

[westtexjohn]

This may have been posted before. The "Front End" is the Santa Fe loco and not much else.

 

[michaeljoe]

This may have been posted before. The "Front End" is the Santa Fe loco and not much else.
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This reminds me of when fishing in the ocean. And you reel in a fish you just caught,
and the only thing left is the head because a shark just tried to eat the fish on your hook.

 

[logandsawman]

I just got some fences up to keep the cows off the track

NP 0-6-0 on my layout

Dave LASM

 

[michaeljoe]

I really like how colorful these locomotives are.
I'm also still searching for the Hudson and Delaware (blue,silver,yellow) one. in HO scale. I's one of my favorite locomotives.

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Critter time, this little switcher was also in Wisconsin:

 

[Kusojiji]

I found these quite interesting

The bottom steamer has a big nose.

 

[NorthBrit]

'Lady Isobel' on a Leeds Sovereign Street bound freight train.

 

[kjd]

Former Butte Anaconda and Pacific GP9 #106 sits in Butte, MT sometime in the 1990s. I remember taking the photo but don't remember the circumstances. The railroad is now BNSF and there's probably a SD70MAC sitting here.

 

[kjd]

Bonus shot, my model of Rarus 106 from an Athearn GP9 and also from the late 1990s. I noticed when I was resizing the photo, half the uncoupling bar is gone. It's been in a box most of the last 22 years since the layout I used it on was dismantled. I did all the stripes with tape and paint, I remember it took several hours to mask out the stripes.

 

[logandsawman]

Locomotives in Grantsburg

SW-1, a Walthers model; 0-6-0, Rivarosi

Both good runners

Dave LASM

 

[KriegslokBR52]

Horseshoe Curve, Sunday, August 24, 2025:

 

[NorthBrit]

New Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway road vehicle.

Outside the new station building at Leeds Sovereign Street.

 

[TLOC]

Front end Friday
9/12/2025

A well worn CN Gp40-2L on the Paper Mill Yard lead