A pair of Indiana Harbor Belt EMD SW1500s power a northbound IHB freight approaching the Santa Fe main line diamonds at McCook, Illinois, on September 13, 1986.

When you're moving unit coal and all you have are 1500HP units it takes a lot of them.

Nice paint scheme and they usually kept them pretty clean.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad operates a nice collection of vintage power and can be found working an industrial yard in north Denver, Colorado.

WC SW1500s nos. 1555 & 1553 pair up for heavy switching duties at Shops Yard in North Fond Du Lac, WI. A southbound freight prepares to leave the yard with a colorful consist led by former BN SD45... (more)

WC SW1500 no. 1553, a former Southern Pacific loco, is parked at Shops Yard for some servicing. This switcher was a common sight at North Fond Du Lac as well as Waukesha during the time I lived in... (more)

A IHB slug set switches out the West end of Gibson yard in Hammond.

A rare former AK Steel switcher locomotive sits at the service tracks at Davidson Yard.

Though this was not my favorite paint scheme, it was and still is my favorite film, and hey, I celebrated any time any SP unit got paint in the latter days. Photographer unknown (great job BTW). ... (more)

Originally MRS.

In the latter years a butthead was hard to find (not as hard as an SD38-2!). I was glad to see this over ever near sundown.

What a great tpwn in the times before mergers.

The Wabash had a mainline that ran to Des Moines from Moberly at one time. The NS abandoned this trackage back in 1993. Today the Iowa Sothern operates about 25 miles of this trackage between Moul... (more)

Former United State Sugar Corp 203 is going through the rebuild program at Locomotive Specialists, and will soon be repainted and emerge as LOSX 203. Photo taken with permission wearing all requir... (more)

WAMX SW1500 1517 rests in front of the former MRS shop in St. Louis.