BDRV 1202 heads south to Ringoes to pick up two empty freight cars before returning back to the BR&W Interchange.

In a few months Con Agra 1134 (new to the database) will be 50 years old, quite an achievement these days when other engines a fraction of its age reach the end of useful life and are scrapped bef... (more)

Growing up on the Grand Trunk Western gave me an appreciation for the versatility of the SW1200RS. Here an ex-Central Vermont unit leads an ex-CP SW900 and an old Rock Island hopper.

Eastbound transfer run Blue Island

As the 1,000-foot M/V Indiana Harbor prepares to dock at its namesake port a SW1200 handles a short cut of hoppers loaded with coke coal. The Indiana Harbor will unload 70,000 tons of Minnesota ir... (more)

This worn out, beaten, and battered SW1200 spends the rest of it's life plying the rails of the Gerdau Steel Mill in Sayreville. It is seen working hard to shove a cut of gondolas, the engine is r... (more)

After switching out Minn-Dak Farmers Coop just over the border, a perfect set of SW1200 switchers return to Breckenridge with 48 cars.

"The 70's called, they want their paint scheme back!" was the thought running through my head when I saw this little switcher. The Little Kanawha is nothing if not friendly, and their lo... (more)

Keeping the railroad useful during the last month of operations with various section work chores - picking up around 40 yards of fill dirt on a drizzly afternoon provided one of the rare last oppo... (more)

After a long days work, a lone BJRY SW1200 switch locomotive sits basking in the late afternoon sun next to the AmeriCold Logistics cold storage warehouse at there small yard here on the southeast... (more)

After stopping to flag the crossing at Heacock Rd, SEPTA SW1200 #52 shoves hard on the rear of the wire train. The train will stop about a mile down the track to start working on hanging more new ... (more)

It is a riot of color at the former Manufacturers Railway engine facility in Saint Louis, Missouri, as Foster Townsend Rail Logistics SW1500 257 and SW1200 1206 trundle past Union Pacific MP15DC Y... (more)

One lone Simpson switcher puttered around the Shelton waterfront at Mill 3 on one of the remaining last days before the railroad would become a fallen flag.