After dumping its 3 loaded cars of rock, this unique operation reverses down the 2-mile-long line towards the main quarry.

The Little Kanawha River Railroad's SW1200 duo pose in the evening light on the south side of Parkersburg. This obscure short line railroad uses former B&O tracks to serve industrial customers alo... (more)

Action at the Rocket House! As a couple MP36’s make way out of the shops at 47th Street, NIRC SW1200 #3 goes about its duty as the shop's switcher, while NIRC SW1 #2 waits for its next assignmen... (more)

SP and SSW owned a total of 44 SW1200's 2250-2293. The following units owned by SSW and lettered Cotton Belt ; 2250-2261, 2289-2293. A Mike Bledsoe Photo

A miracle in itself that this thing has survived this long in its original paint, DRGW 134 rests, tucked away behind the former Union Equity elevators, said to be one of the largest operating grai... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 arrives at the yard at St. Maries, Idaho, with a single car from Stimson Lumber in Milltown on the morning of October 7, 2019. This is former Milwaukee... (more)

GLLX (West Michigan) SW1200 #1512 sits under the stars at Hartford, Michigan. Photo taken with permission from a WMI employee.

This well used and probably more so abused JTPX SW1200 was at CSX's Tilford Yard during transit in October of 2003. (Slide Scan)

St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 rests in the yard by depot at St. Maries, Idaho, on October 7, 2019. The switcher was built in 1954 as Milwaukee Road No. 2060, later renumbered as MIL... (more)

Two SW1200RS's are working hard as they climb the grade from Ballantyne, leading their train out of Montreal Yard to Valleyfield. The headlight in the background is a CPR freight leaving St. Luc Y... (more)

At first glance this looks like a New Haven RR scene, but the four-digit number on ex-NH SW1200 9190 indicates that in 1970 Penn Central is in charge at Maybrook, NY. The empty yard behind it symb... (more)

Its a busy day at Potlach Deltic, and the atmosphere is similar to what I imagine the Milwaukee Road days were like... gloomy, drizzle, industrial trackage worn and water logged but still serving ... (more)

After making a trip to switching the PotlatchDeltic mill on the west side of town on October 7, 2019, St. Maries River Railroad SW1200 No. 501 now rests in front of the depot at St. Maries. A sign... (more)

MILW SW1200 no. 630 trundles by new MP15AC as it s crew handles chores in their Seattle yard. Traffic to and from local industries as well as interchange with BN/UP and Puget Sound barge traffic f... (more)

St. Maries River Railroad SW1200 No. 501 rolls slowly through the empty yard at St. Maries on the way back to the depot after switching the PotlatchDeltic mill on the west side of town on October ... (more)