Work is conducted on a slip switch as two yard moves are made simultaneously. WT is a busy place.
Sitting quietly outside the 18th Street shops, AMTK SW1000R 791 basks in the morning sunlight. Built as the MKT 1230 (an SW9) in February of 1952, this little switcher has been around for sixty ye... (more)
Stored with her stack capped and horn removed.
Amtrak 790/791 have been parked here for awhile. I'm wondering if this is the end of the line for these old fellers.
Not sure what's going on, but this guy's getting the workover. Hopefully they're repairing it, but with the P32s handling all the switching in Chicago these days, I fear 790 (and sister 799)'s da... (more)
Remember when trains had to wait for 5 to 30 minutes for this baggage to be tacked on or pulled off your long-distance train?
An Amtrak yard job shuffles around some Superliners in the coach yard.
An Amtrak yard goat shuffles passenger cars around the coach yard.
A meeting of two La Grange products built in very different times
An odd couple.
Switcher working the shops.
Busy Busy Busy
Female member of the crew, is that a smile?