A Massachusetts Central intermodal train approaches the Main Street overpass at Palmer, Massachusetts, on May 20, 1993. Powering the short train is rare EMD NW5 No. 2011 and CF7 No. 2443. MCER No.... (more)

GN NW5 192 leads the Duluth Zephyr south back into downtown Duluth.

Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation NW5 #4 hauls a string of tanker cars from the company plant at Saltville, Virginia, on April 8, 1971. #4 was one of only 13 NW5s produced by EMD from December o... (more)

Great Northern NW5 No. 192 pauses during switching at Duluth, Minnesota, at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum on June 10, 2016. Only 13 rare EMD NW5s were built between December 1946 and February ... (more)

Rare NW5 in Minneapolis. Once again I don't have a location for my father's picture, but perhaps the water tower is a hint for someone. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

"Bending the iron" at Monroe, when there was a yard there

A classic branch line locomotive, BN (ex-GN) NW5 No. 987 sits outside the Interbay Shops in Seattle.

Newly acquired Massachusetts Central NW5 still wore its Southern Railway colors as it worked for its new shortline owner out of Ware, MA, in the spring of 1982. EMD built only 13 of these 1000hp l... (more)

Notching up the hill out of Duluth.

Great Northern NW5 No. 192 switches cars for the Lester River Turn, also known as the “Duluth Zephyr,” at Duluth Minnesota, on June 10, 2016. Only 13 rare EMD NW5s were built between December 1946... (more)

A restored Great Northern 192 pulls an excursion on the North Shore Scenic Railroad.

The dreaded season of brown is upon us. Luckily, Mass Central's NW5 brings some color to the scene.

A rare classic ex Southern NW5 still wearing the same number as it did in its past life pulls a cut of cars up from the CSX interchange yard

Mass Central's rare NW5 rolls by an old mill being reclaimed in Thorndike, just north of Palmer, MA

Mass Central's rare NW5 works the Ware yard solo as it shoves 2 loads towards a local industry.