The Flickr Gp10 Image Generatr

Originally built as a GP7 for the Illinois Central as IC 8977, this Geep has turned a lot of miles since its manufacture in April 1953.

It was rebuilt in 1971 at the IC's Paducah, KY shops into a GP10, becoming IC 8260. The locomotive became ICG 8260, before being sold to the Chicago, Central, & Pacific when ICG spun off their Iowa lines in 1985. The next 11 years were spent as CC 8260 and CC 1760 before Illinois Central re-acquired the Iowa lines in 1996.

Eventually, the locomotive was acquired by Railway Switching Services (Railserve), becoming RSSX 8260. Its current assignment is to switch pellet hoppers for Chevron Phillips at their Pasadena Plastics Complex in the Port of Houston.

RSSX GP10 #8260

Pasadena, TX
April 13th, 2025

Georgia Northeastern GP20 #316 & GP38-2 #2000 pull hard up the grade through Holly Springs, GA on a hot summer afternoon in 2016. I sure do miss this stuff!

West Virginia Central shoves down the Dailey subdivision in Elkins, a once bustling railroad town seeing multiple unit coal trains per day that now only sees triweekly local service at best.

WVC departs JF Allen with a train of empty salt hoppers

Originally built as a GP7 for the Detroit, Toledo, and Ironton as DTI 960, this Geep has turned a lot of miles since its manufacture in January 1953.

It was acquired and rebuilt in 1973 by the Illinois Central at their Paducah, KY shops into a GP10, becoming IC 8049. The locomotive stayed with Illinois Central (and during its stint as the Illinois Central Gulf) for 25 years, finally being sold in August 1998 to the Newburgh & South Shore Railroad in Cleveland.

About 15 years later, the locomotive was acquired by Railway Switching Services (Railserve), becoming RSSX 5049. It's been assigned to the Houston area for nearly 10 years now, currently providing contract switching for some chemical plants at Bayport in the far eastern reaches of the Port of Houston.

RSSX GP10 #5049

Pasadena, TX
February 15th, 2025

Florida Northern Railroad’s Ocala Job heads for Safety Kleen’s Ocala Plant to do some work.

Florida Northern Railroad’s Ocala Job doing some street running in Ocala, FL, headed to work Safety Kleen’s Ocala plant.

Florida Northern Railroad Freight Train ( Ocala Job ) heads for Safety Kleen’s Ocala plant to do some work,

Florida Northern Railroad’s Ocala Job heads for Safety Kleen’s Ocala plant to do some work.

Florida Northern Railroad’s Ocala Job crosses the CSX Wildoowd Sub in Ocala, FL. headed to work Safety Kleen’s Ocala plant.

Sibley, IL

Scranton Equity grain terminal in Scranton ND with EMD GP10 ILSX 1369 awaiting next duties in 2018. The 1369 was very neatly presented and looked well-maintained.

(18i.9232_ScrantonEquity_1369wt)

MCA 7515

ex: CR 7515, PRR 7210

MCA 7515

ex: CR 7515, PRR 7210

Gibson City, IL

In South Central Pennsylvania, between Lewistown and Mt. Union. Photo taken with a Nikon N8008 on slide film. Scanned later with a CanoScan 8800F flatbed scanner.
7556 is an EMD GP10 originally built for the Pennsylvania Railroad as GP-9 7401 in 1955.
7569 is an EMD GP10 originally built for the Pennsylvania Railroad as GP-9 7118 in 1957.

Wearing the colors of the Burlington Route, this first-generation "geep" (and many others nearby) was soaking up the sunshine in Gibson City.

A close-up of the Burlington-esque typeface used on Bloomer's roster of locomotives. This is the engineer's side of BLOL GP10 7504.

A scene reminiscent of the operation in Avon, Iowa, a first-gen high hood and a switcher sit side by side awaiting cars to load.