WABASH H24-66 In-bound from Kansas City, a Wabash RR freight nears the end of its journey as it approaches the Melvindale, MI yard on a mid-April morning in 1965; a H24-66 trainmaster and GP35 are on the point of the mostly autoparts train. The two sets of upper carbody filters on the trainmaster are a sign that the Beloit-built unit has been repowered by ALCo (with a 2400 hp, 12-cylinder 251B engine).

AKRON CANTON & YOUNGSTOWN H16-44 It can be safely said that the Akron Canton & Youngstown Railroad was partial to Beloit-built locomotives. Indeed, at one time their roster was exclusively FM products: five H20-44s, one H15-44, and eight of the 1600 hp four-axle units. The setting for this August, 1965 photograph is the National Lime quarry in Carey, OH.

CANADIAN NATIONAL CPA16-5 Almost guaranteed to bring out the uhhhhs and ahhhhs at any slide show is this Denny Custer photograph taken in Sarnia, ONT of CN 6702, a rare CPA16-5. One of six such units on the roster, it was manufactured by the Canadian Locomotive Company early in 1955, under license to Fairbanks Morse.

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