Formed in 1998 as a successor to the old Harbor Belt Line, the Pacific Harbor Line is a Class III railroad that serves the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest harbors in the Western h... (more)

An eastbound manifest has stalled on the 1% grade of Kirkwood Hill and a pair of switchers from the Ewing Avenue Yard in St. Louis has been called in to help the train up the hill.

1401 tied down in the yard at Woodward

1201 tied down in the yard at Woodward

Fresh Paint. NYNJ Rail 1197 (née-MP 1197, SW1200, EMD, 3/1963) sits basking in the sun after being recently repainted at the company's offices in Jersey City, New Jersey on the afternoon o... (more)

When the British Petroleum (BP Products North America) refinery in Carson was sold to Tesoro Petroleum, their SW1200 switcher, BPOX 458, became Tesoro 001. Built by EMD in February 1959 as Colora... (more)

TXNR 106 with a small train between Cactus and Sunray, TX.

Lead engine on a train resting over a weekend at the ADM plant in Kershaw, South Carolina in 2013. L&C SW1200 94 was built for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1957 as PRR 7917, then became a Penn... (more)

BN 205 sports a fresh coat of paint at Auburn Yard, Auburn, WA. The SW1200 was built as NP 146 in February 1957, and would survive the BNSF merger becoming BNSF 3540.

Cube On The Cuyahoga. The Flats Industrial Railroad is a Class III railroad in the heart of Cleveland, Ohio. The line went through a long history of Class I operation with railroads, with s... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad's "Plummer Turn" heads for the UP interchange at Plummer, ID seen here crossing the Benewah Lake Trestle.

The Frostproof Turn runs from Lake Wales down to the namesake burg 2-3 times a week with several customers in town. Most notably Lowes. Both motors seen here are now off the roster, #94 was sold... (more)

Lehigh Valley Management recently scrapped most of the Bethlehem Steel era switchers that were stored in their yard for over 20 years. A 1957 built SW1200 and 1951 built SW9 appear to be all that'... (more)

A pair of USSX switchers and a Gary Ry slug look to be OOS at the Nipsco Yard in the USS Gary Works complex.

USSX 9652 at the USS Gary Works.