Former Texas South-Eastern No. 301 in R.J. Corman colors in Diboll, Texas, on Monday, April 4.
Mike Harbour
Texas’ Mike Harbour heard rumors that R.J. Corman was about to do a nice thing for a member of an older generation. Turns out, he heard right and arranged to meet up with a vintage Baldwin formerly of the Texas South-Eastern which the shortline operating and holding company painted fire-engine … um … R.J. Corman-red. The Baldwin belonged to the East Texas short line which Corman bought in 2014. The Baldwin DS4-4-750, class of 1950, serves as backup power to an EMD SW1500 repainted shortly afterward. Non-operable sister Baldwin No. 1007, a VO-1000 that remains in original Texas South-Eastern green paint and lettering, is for sale. No. 301 posed for photos in Diboll, Texas.
