At the AK Steel Plant in Butler, PA, you can still find a variety of EMD switchers roaming around the plant. Some even still wear the Black and Orange paint of Armco, matching the colors of the Be... (more)

Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

RS 40 on the Montauk Secondary Cutoff connecting the lower Montauk to Yard A. SW1001 106 & 101 and 11 cars heading to LIC Team Track to switch C&M Lumber and JJT Brick. This overpass was removed f... (more)

Coors Critter #998 will be 45 years old this year and still works hard running special hopper cars between the silo and the massive brewery in Golden, Colorado.

Coors' SW1001 pulls a load of hoppers towards the silo where the grain cars will be filled with the special grain to make the Coors beer.

Coors Critter #998 (SW1001) leads a cut of hoppers to the silo on the east side of the Coors Brewing facility.

Coors Critter #998 (SW1001) shoves hard on a cut of hoppers that are being pushed from the grain silo to the brewing facility in Golden, Colorado.

Coors Critter 988 (SW1001) brings a string of grain hoppers to the silo for a new batch of ingredients for the Coors Brewery.

The Hobo Railroad has changed ownership and is now the Granite State Scenic Railroad (Patriot Rail). The ALCOs are stored serviceable, as well as the GEEP. A view of the yard on a Sunday morning.

Coors Critter #988 (SW1001) moves a cut of grain hoppers to the brewery in Golden, Colorado.

A Locomotive Leasing Partners SW1001 sits guard at Circle S Feed Ranch in rural Chester County, South Carolina. She was built as RDG 2601 in 1973 before becoming CR 9401.

Photo by Dave Petke. From my collection.

IPPX 1, Intermountain Railcar Services, SW1001, at Springville, Utah. April 20, 1998. Jack D Kuiphoff photo © Built as IPPX 1, 1/1985. Ordered new from EMD completely loaded even with A/C ... (more)

I always liked the idea of different color schemes according to the type of service, ala SAL. The J didn't have passenger service but the had the right idea. This one of the switchers is sitting... (more)

Conrail (ex-Reading) EMD SW1001 9418 & SW1200 (ex-PC, exx-PRR) 9335.