A repowered Alco S2m sits amongst the weeds and trees at the end of the spur track at the Wellmore Coal Corporation's loadout in Big Rock, Virginia along Norfolk Southern's Levisa Branch. Repowere... (more)

Cargill Camouflage. The Cargill grain elevators in Gilman, Illinois are served by a very distinctive switcher, CLCX 9698, Alco 2SM. Chattahoochee Locomotive Company rebuilt this Houston Be... (more)

SIND 103 heads for the CSX interchange at Watson where the local is patiently waiting to receive the cars.

SIND 103 heads for the CSX interchange at Watson where the local is patiently waiting to receive the cars.

SIND 103 heads for the CSX interchange at Watson where the local is patiently waiting to receive the cars.

SIND 103 departs Lehigh Cement as Speed with four cars for the CSX interchange.

After some uncertainty whether there was going to be any work for the day, the call came in to spot 4 cars at Lehigh Cement and possibly deliver 4 loads to the CSX.

A silent morning at the Southern Indiana Railway finds #103 sitting inside the shop waiting for the next call.

Two for the return trip: The classic Alco S2M power of the Southern Indiana Railroad rumbles back toward home after picking up a pair of box cars at CSXT's Watson Interchange.

Railroading in small town America: The classic Alco S2M power of the Southern Indiana Railroad rumbles through a residential portion of downtown Sellersburg, IN as they prepare to break... (more)

Bug Slug

Countless Alco switchers were rebuilt with Caterpillar or Cummins engines, and sold to small mine operations throughout Appalachia. Most had their cabs removed or sealed s... (more)

After switching Essroc for a few hours, the local Southern Indiana Railway crew stopped to switch from using S2M 103 to 104 due to a traction motor issue with 103. The Southern Indiana Railway is ... (more)

The SIND switches around the CSX interchange at Watson on a great weather October day.

SIND's daily job to CSX shoves its interchange cars down to the connection track behind a repowered Alco that sounds much more like an aircraft's APU instead of a product of Schenectady.

The Southern Indiana Railway operates between the Essroc cement plant in Speed and the CSX interchange in Watson, IN. The route was originally an interurban line and features many sharp curves and... (more)