Borrowed power on the newly formed Wisconsin Central.

ex CKSI (Carthage, Knightstown & Shirley RR) 819, nee IHB 8819

Awaiting the next passenger train to switch, GN’s EMD switcher 105 idles at St. Paul, Minn. Union Station, April 6, 1970. No. 105 was now a part of the Burlington Northern family.

1946 built former CN Rail NW-2 #7944 at the Alberta Railway Museum. The locomotive was retired in 1976 and donated to the museum by CN in 1977.

Contracted to Amtrak, Burlington Northern NW2 517 switches a cut of passenger cars, including a BN business car, at Amtrak's Union Station on the American Bicentennial, July 4th, 1976, in downtown... (more)

Between February 1939 and December 1949, 1145 of these 1000hp switchers were produced. Most ran in the US, this is one of 20 exported to Canadian National.

A freshly painted EMD NW2 works at South Yard on a hazy Jan. 29, 1977 afternoon in Salt Lake City.

Here's some more oddities in Middle River: ILSX 922, former Lake Terminal 1015, ILSX 1337, former CP 778, and a Soo Line flat car with various parts. This is one of two groups of storage equipme... (more)

A pair of Harbor NW2s, one in the latest black and orange scheme, is seen switching cars at Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

A Harbor switcher and booster unit are parked under the Halsted Avenue overpass awaiting their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

A trio of Indiana Harbor Belt switchers bring an empty Inland Steel coal train west on a cold winter day. Tom Golden photo.

A pair of 1940's vintage Indiana Harbor Belt switchers bring a pair of brand new Santa Fe GP60Ms from the EMD plant in Ontario for delivery to their owner at Hodgkins. Tom Golden photo.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad keeps this 66 year old NW2 active, and it is often found working the small rail yard near the old Stapleton Airport.

Southern Pacific Heritage! SP 5472 and SP 1423 line up side-by-side as SP 1423 clears the main storage track for SP 5472 to position itself in. Guillermo Sanchez © 2014

SP 1423 shunts other rolling stock to organize the messy yard in Brightside. Note the UP MOW equipment on the left hand side that was donated to the Niles Canyon Railway Museum in 2008. Guillermo ... (more)