On a road dominated by SD40 type units, to catch a pair of veterans leading a loaded ore train is a real treat. SD18 1231 and rare SD28 1236 have the honors today.

Showing her age, the flagship of the C&O SD18 fleet is still earning her keep at the yard in Russell, Kentucky, only a few years away from retirement.

EJE 616 works a transfer from Kirk Yard to the NS interchange.

The Keenan switch waits on the Sheldon Junction connecting track for a northbound ore empties bound for Minorca. It is getting harder and harder to catch solid Missabe consists.

Illinois & Midland SD18 number 61 arrives Springfield, Illinois on Saturday afternoon, December 30th, 2007 after a run from Pekin, Illinois. I&M 61 and sister unit 60 are equipped with dual contr... (more)

'Plow Work 1800' eastbound at Mile 5.

A Keenan Switch crew brings commercial traffic south through Grand Lake with two of the three remaining SDMs.

Switching duties at CaƧapava, with former EMD SD18 #5008.

321 takes a break as she rides the shove. Out of site is a Dash-8 and a SD40-2 doing the work.

Shelly Materials SD 18 sporting fresh paint as she rest on her day off. The blue with gold flashes is in honor of the Kent State Golden Flashes. Enginer Bob Rohal came up with this very uniqe desi... (more)

The freshly repainted SD18 that is used by Shelly Materials basks in the Sunday morning sun awaiting the coming week's work. I believe it is an ex-DMIR unit, and it's paint scheme is in honor of... (more)

Fresh from the paint shop Shelly Materials industrial switcher sits surrounded by piles of future work. The switcher is painted in the Kent State University colors. The Kent State football team... (more)

A former DMIR SD18 pulls a cut of hoppers around to position the last one under the tipple.

Freshly Painted