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First Class

Here’s a westbound train blasting its way out of Big Tunnel on the Baltimore & Ohio line through southern Indiana.

Being a young photographer, my shutter speed was not set fast enough to freeze the action, but I naturally moved with the subject while squeezing off the frame and so luckily achieved a “pan” effect here to save the day.

I assume number 4100 to be first of the class (EMD GP40-2) that was built for the road in 1972. The location is east of Mitchell, Indiana; the line is the former Ohio & Mississippi and was originally built in the 1850s as broad gauge.