Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Early to Rise. While In Charleston for work, I woke up early each morning to see if I could catch PR working around the Charleston Navy Base. The first morning I had no luck but on this se... (more)

Morning Work. Palmetto Railways works the old Charleston Navy Base around where there's been a lot of new construction in preparation for the new Navy Base Intermodal Facility being constru... (more)

Conrail AL-13 was also known as the East Penn Drill. On this day it was led by a former Reading SW1001. The drill is appropriately passing the remains of what had been Reading Company's y... (more)

DI # 503 of the ONCF is shunting passenger cars in Oujda. The locomotive of type SW1001 was built in 1982 by GM-EMD in a series of 18 (DI # 501 to # 518) with 750 kW and 85 km/h maximum velocity.

Coors Critter 998 (SW1001) takes a cut of special hoppers back to the brewery in Golden, Colorado.

The Impending Storm. Having recently finished its morning work, this former Port Royal Railroad switcher awaits the impending arrival of Hurricane Ian as indicated by the clouds in the back... (more)

CORX 998 (SW1001) moves a cut of special hoppers towards the Coors Brewing facility in Golden, Colorado.

COORS Brewery's 998 (SW1001) makes a solo run through the yard in Golden, Colorado to grab a cut of hopper cars waiting at the silo on the east end of their massive complex.

Coors Critter 998 (SW1001) muscles a cut of specially designed hoppers toward the brewery in Golden, Colorado. The unique design of the hoppers facilitates rapid loading at the silo.

An overhead view of the Juniata shops in July 2021. In the very back corner, you can see NS 6402 being worked on.

An aging locomotive built for the Reading Railroad was still at work in 2008 moving intermodal containers at Port Wentworth, Georgia. RLIX #1003 was an EMD SW1001 built as Reading #2624. With the ... (more)

Built for Birmingham Southern, the unit reflects special equipment for steel mill work.