A Simple Portrait

Just a simple portrait of a classic.  Looking good in its as delivered paint, number 3006 rolled off the assembly room floor at EMD in LaGrange in April 1975 as part of the first order of 7-units and was originally numbered 3000 though was renumbered to this shortly after delivery.  More than a dozen years after this photo was taken she remains one of three still in this scheme harkening back to the days of federal ownership and those halcyon days when new power was needed to handle the crush of traffic associated with the Trans Alaska Pipeline construction boom.

Note the iconic Purina Chow style water tank atop government hill which is owned by the railroad and now serves as an antenna base station.  My home was almost exactly 500 feet to the left and one block in from that water tower making for a nice short commute to work!

Anchorage, Alaska
Sunday November 15, 2009

Photo courtesy of Dave Blazejewski