The Niles Canyon Railway yard in Brightside, Ca. With it's panoply of engines, one can still feel what it was like to work with one of those horses.

The Railserve switch job is pulling cars from the Bridesburg Philadelphia Honeywell (now Advansix) plant alongside Interstate 95 on its way to Meadows Yard where they interchange with Conrail. ... (more)

Former CB&Q unit looks like it's had the course. Note that A-frame is not a building behind the locomotive but a rock screen. Photo by unknown. From my collection.

Cradle-to-Cradle: After decades of service to the KCS Railway, this 75-year old EMD NW2 now wears the colors of the Vulcan Materials Company. Here it sits with GMTX 96 (Ex-BN and BNSF) as they awa... (more)

The new switcher for Endeavor Ag & Energy at Wayland, MI, Looking at the rails, it will probably be a long time before its actually needed.

A two-step "waist" ahead of the cab marks this unit as an early version of the NW2. Note the trucks. SCL was an early adopter of roller bearings.

Originally B&O ex Laurinburg & Southern recently relettered. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Looking rather worse for wear this old horse is probably down for rebuilding into a CAT power PLW2000. The frame behind looks like it may have be owned by IC. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my... (more)

KANSAS CITY KS March 10 1979 — Kansas City Southern NW2 4200 is ready for a switching job. My photo.

Southern Switching Company NW2 No. 1865 sits outside the company yard office in Abilene, Texas.

Former SSRX 089 is being rebuilt at the Locomotive Specialist facility in Waycross, Georgia. A month after this photo was taken, the engine was painted green and yellow and had the markings JLSX ... (more)

Heavy snow starts to fall on the veteran Pacific Fruit Express #1048 which is a NW2 built in 1946 and resides in Strassburg, Colorado.

Hello old friend, it's been a while! At 83 years young, the EJ&E 450 is still alive today, but who knows for how much longer? An NW2 built in 1939 as the ATSF 2364, the 450 spends its days ... (more)

Unit is probably a TR something or other. I'd like to see a model of those "calves". Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

The slide says Chicago, IL but I'm guessing with the location. Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.