Ex-CSXT/SBD 1214 out in the open switching for 148's train. I can count on one finger the number of times I've seen one of their end cab switchers outside the mill in 20 years. Not that it doesn... (more)

Buttheads can be in the lead and the prettiest one in front on this road freight. Was CSX scraping the bottom of the barrel or just out of their mind. Shoulda put on a DC and had a full set.

A pair of yard switchers (#1218 and #1231) are in the process of dropping this tank car into one of the sidings of the Niagara Falls Rail Yard. Photo taken in the afternoon from the Hyde Park Blvd... (more)

Almost 10 years after the previous shot and on the other side. She must like the nice weather down South. May still be there. Does anyone know?

Other than Dow Chemical, CSX cornered the market on this odd looking little beasts. Odd looking or not they've hung in there for over 35 years.

I love the area between Bailey's Wye and Riverside yard in Baltimore. It's got a very "urban" vibe, and you can see all sorts of stuff, even commuter trains. This time, I caught some... (more)

CSX deadline @ Nashville Tn

Vulcan Turbo. The final chapter of the "Multi-Purpose 15" book was written by the MP15T. A descendent of the SW1500, SW1504, MP15DC and later MP15AC, this model was mechanically ... (more)

Another major steel mill in Northwest Indiana is the Gary Works, located just off of Lake Michigan in Gary. A pair of their remote control switch locomotives prepare to go to work on a sunny morni... (more)

CSX 1206 (EMD MP15T) works the west end of Goodman Street yard on a sunny February day. A once-bustling yard under the New York Central with multiple switching crews working at each end of the yar... (more)

CSX's Goodman Street yard job Y101 is shoving a cut of cars into a yard track with an EMD MP15AC for power. On the other end of the yard local train B790 is arriving to drop its cut, making for a ... (more)

CSX 1209 and others sit on the shop tracks at the south end of Boyles Yard in Tarrant City, Alabama. Note the old L&N roundhouse in the background. ABC Coke can be seen in the background also.

CSX's yard in Niagara Falls, New York is being operated with a large population of EMD end cab switchers like these various MP15's awaiting their next assignment at the engine house. Crews also us... (more)

CSXT 1213 soaks up the sunlight in Anderson, Indiana on a chilly afternoon in the yard. The 1213 was built as SBD 1213 in 1984 and has been kicking it ever since.

J744 heads west out of Seneca with a cut of cars for the small interchange in Marseilles. The veteran switcher is seen passing the nicely restored Rock Island depot in town.