Ex conrail 8635 rests behind a facility she serves in northeast Philadelphia, where the locomotive has seen service for many years. the locomotive still regularly comes to life to service local fa... (more)

A Pickering Lumber locomotive switches a caboose at Standard. This image was taken by the late John E. Shaw, Jr.

LRSX 911 at Sapulpa, OK.

Motive Power Resources in Minooka.

Way Back Machine: In another scene that can't be repeated, in the summer of 2006, RRC 14 runs around steel coil cars on what is left of the Wabash UD line. The only remaining customers at t... (more)

Way Back Machine: In another scene that can't be repeated, in the summer of 2006, RRC 14 services one of the remaining customers on what is left of the Wabash UD line as a Metrolink light r... (more)

Nearing its destination, #49-5601 leads two cars out of the forest. My dad James (1951-2015) worked at Material Service for 30 years and spent a lot of time on and around this unit, back when it w... (more)

After picking up a delivery of two cars from the CN, MSC 49-5601 heads for the plant to make its own delivery. Built in 1954, the classic SW900 was looking good on this sunny morning.

Making its first pick-up this year, Hanson Material Service's SW900 begins the trek back to the plant in Romeoville on a nice, Spring morning. The former EJ&E Romeoville Branch is known as the &qu... (more)

The New York & Ogdensburg Railway heads to the Port of Ogdensburg with a train of windmill blades.

Lancaster & Chester’s daily train to Chester works the Norfolk Southern interchange in Chester, South Carolina. The road had common ownership with Springs Mills, maker of Springmaid textile produc... (more)

Lancaster & Chester’s Chester train works at the small yard that is the interchange point with CSX east of Chester, South Carolina.

Two Lancaster & Chester SW900’s work a cut of CSX box cars east of Chester, South Carolina.

Now owned by Respondek Railroad Corporation, but not yet relettered, is Canadian Pacific SW900 1015. This engine was built by GMD as CP 6713 in April 1955. (Granite City, Illinois – October 3, 2... (more)