Apparently just out of the paint shop, this Conrail SW7 was in the yard at Lewistown, Pennsylvania.
For photographers of early Conrail, the least desirable locomotive on the point of a train was a filthy ex-Penn Central unit. Apparently, they occasionally did get washed.
CHS switches out the elevator in Superior with their SW7. The brick buildings in the background both burned down this past winter.
An old and weathered Atlantic Coast Line 648 continues to work at the Cemex Davenport Sand Mine. I was granted permission to be on the property to take this photograph.
Hoffman Transportation’s SW7 makes one of many headroom moves as it shuffles cars around the outside of their facility in Channahon, Illinois.
Hoffman Transportation's vintage SW7 takes headroom as it shuffles cars around the Channahon plant.
Beech Mountain's ex NYC SW 7 leads a string of CSX hoppers across the upper submarine bridge from the Carter-Roag Mine at Star Bridge. From Alexander WV the loaded coal will be picked up by the A... (more)
ex NYC SW 7 takes mtys from the interchange with the A&O to the Carter Roag mine through Palace Valley.
A faded and weathered Atlantic Coast Line 648 sits in the early morning sun at the Cemex Davenport Sand Mine. Photo taken with permission.
The presence of a Conrail SW7 and NW2 in electrified territory was not unusual – it commonly occurred in electrified lines of Pennsylvania, New York Central, New Haven, and Lackawanna lineage. T... (more)
A portrait of two switchers at the 2011 Train Festival.
