The term “GE 70-Tonner” normally refers to an end-cab switcher, but early examples were center cabs. Here, an unnumbered 1941 example stands on Standard Slag property in Weirton, West Virginia.

Back in the day, the Bytown Railway Society of Ottawa sponsored a number of excursions on the 56 mile long T&NVR, one of two operating logging railways in Canada at the time. The northbound consis... (more)

70-tonner CN 30 out in the sun and snow at Exporail.

When the Incentive Per Diem bubble burst in the very early 1980’s, thousands of box cars that had never visited their home rails found a semi-permanent home there. Here Norwood & Saint Lawrence GE... (more)

While the Conrail local waits nearby, the Norwood & St. Lawrence crew works near the interchange.

In the late 1970’s, the National Railway Utilization Corporation was the parent of the Pickens, the Norwood & St. Lawrence, and possibly other roads that don’t come to mind. The blue boxcars embla... (more)

San Luis Central GE 70-ton No. 71 sits in the railroad’s small yard at Sugar Junction just east of Monte Vista, Colorado, on September 1, 2013. This locomotive was bought by SLC in 1955 and replac... (more)

The old GE switcher waits for the next duty, at Lapa yard.

The old GE switcher waits for the next duty, at Lapa yard.

This May 19, 1985 two coach excursion on the Baltimore and Annapolis Railroad was most likely run in conjunction with the annual Ferndale Day festival. Following BLA 50, a GE 70-tonner, are the Pu... (more)

No longer needed. Once used as a shop/yard switcher for Exporail, 70-tonner CN 30 has been replaced by more powerful and more recently acquired units, namely GP9 CP 1608 and SW1200RSm CN 13... (more)

As part of the celebration of the 100 year anniversary of Colorado short line San Luis Central, the railroad installed a new tie in the main at Sugar Junction and had a golden spike ceremony. The ... (more)

San Luis Central GE 70-ton No. 71 sits in the railroad’s shop at Sugar Junction just east of Monte Vista, Colorado, on September 1, 2013. This locomotive was purchased in 1955 and replaced the sho... (more)

On a miserable fall day, Dick Samuels' 70-tonner makes the diagonal crossing of SE Bell and SE Johnson Creek Blvd. The old Portland Traction Company line was abandoned, with salvage operations und... (more)