Chicago Terminal heads over the Chicago River on their old swing bridge. Operating this bridge is quite the operation. The Conductor has to get off the 900 around CY Tower, walk up Elston street, ... (more)

The Black Hawks have just won the Stanley Cup and the CTM crew was pretty happy. Today the ILSX 900 passes another Chicago classic. Chicago Terminal Switches cars. Canon 60D Canon 17-40L

The well-used enginehouse at Strasburg has been serving the railroad since the 1960s. Here diesel 8618 is assisting with the movement of 2-10-0 90, inside the building undergoing needed repairs. ... (more)

Ex-NYC SW8 8618 rests outside the shop as 4-8-0 475 heads for the engine house.

Alot of potato moving in this photo.

The tractor makes it grow and the SLC brings it to market. South Central Colorado might seem like an odd place for such a relationship to exist, but it plays out everyday at above 7,000 feet here ... (more)

N&W 2111 is making up her train in the ex-AC&Y yard in Akron, Ohio. What makes N&W 2111 special is under her road number on the cab, the N&W has stenciled "Leased to ACY", so in a way she was an A... (more)

Conrail is very much in its infancy as two former EL trainman have a lively discussion in the yard at Binghamton, NY on April 10, 1976.

This small (in acreage, to my eye) trash facility nonetheless is worked by both an SW8 and a GP10, which are occasionally seen outside the fence, as here. USWX 2 is ex LV 259, later CR 8673 and al... (more)

GAF plant switcher

How do you move one of the the AAR type A switcher trucks from Coors Brewing Company EMD SW8 No. C989 into the shop? Use a P1050. What is a P1050? A Coors Chevy 3500 company truck equipped with a ... (more)

One of the the AAR type A switcher trucks from Coors Brewing Company EMD SW8 No. C989 that is undergoing a truck swap and now awaiting further attention is front and center, while in the backgroun... (more)

Coors Brewing Company EMD SW8 No. C989 is carefully lowered onto rebuilt trucks by Coors’ Vern Hoppes, who can be seen on the other side of the locomotive controlling the hydraulic jacks, at Gol... (more)

Coors SW8 No. C988 is loaded onto a truck for the short trip to nearby Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden, Colorado, on August 10, 2004. The locomotive was damaged in a wreck, stripped of usable c... (more)

ILSX 900, The CTM's leased SW8, heads to Goose Island to pick up a couple of empty lumber cars from Big Bay Lumber. The train is seen here street running on the Kingsbury st line just south of Gen... (more)