ATLANTA STONE MOUNTAIN & LITHONIA Ry SW1 #1 ex Central of Georgia #1. From my slide collection by an unknown photograper.

This Amtrak SW1 was the original heritage unit. It was assigned to Washington Terminal and wears the colors of the WT, which was taken over by Amtrak in 1981. The 738 was brought to Wilmington t... (more)

Built on 10-9-1941, this ex-EJ&E SW1 shows no sign of it's age or even slowing down at age 71 as it begins the afternoon/night shift along with it's two man crew doing switching at the Sappi mill ... (more)

The 742 is at the end of its Amtrak career. It's being sold and prepared to leave the property at the Wilmington shops.

Inland Steel's contribution to America's bicentennial is seen just outside of the mill. This unit is still in service today serving National Railway Equipment as its switcher at its Dixmoor, Illi... (more)

Railway Supply Company refurbished a Virginia Blue Ridge SW1 for Kaiser Chemical, painting it a strange, buttery yellow, and numbering it using what look like Scotchlite stick-ons from an outdated... (more)

The two older brothers (SW1's built on 10/1941 and 11/1941 respectively) sit inside the warm shop at the Cloquet Terminal Railroad while the young buck (SW1000 #35) switches the yard over at Sappi... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

A new used locomotive for Cargill

The night crew at the CTRR ride their long trusted steed, this SW1 built in 1941, out of the yard and past the Northeastern Saloon, (which displays an original hand written liquor license dated 1... (more)

Prairie Land COOP No Road Number and you have to love the Garbage can over the stack. Lighting 100% UP GE from a passing Northbound.

Oof....the SW1 leased by Malt One, a grain elevator within the CPR Shoreham Yard, is looking pretty rough. This thing is commonly seen from the popular railfan hangout at station sign University,... (more)

Originating at Nashua, New Hampshire, 1129 is westbound, working the branch line between there and Bennington, The train is on the Main Street grade crossing in the small New Hampshire village of ... (more)

Freshly painted into Milwaukee colors, this former NSP X-5, Ex-BN 79, Exx-CB&Q 9137 looks right at home in Montevideo.

Growing up in Mount Airy, Maryland, I'd ride into town with my Dad and along the way we would pass the Cold Storage Facility there. Every once in a while we'd stop and watch as an old switcher wou... (more)