Frisco SW7 #302 working at Birmingham || May 1972

As old glory proudly flies in the background, a pair of LVRB SWs bring out 25V's Bethlehem pickup. The highrise building in the background was once offices for Bethlehem Steel. It is now owned by ... (more)

During a day of sporadic rain storms, a rainbow popped up east of Thief River Falls providing a nice backdrop for the resident switching power for the Farmers Co-Op Grain & Seed elevator, now comp... (more)

Alone in Rock Island

The 104 with three loads of wire in tow crosses Ten Acre bridge enroute to Johnstown Wire Technologies' Wire Mill.

Work complete for the day 104 heads for the house. For over 50 years the 104 and its stable mates worked in Johnstown without snow plows, or even full pilots, however that changed last winter. A c... (more)

Still has the old single bulb headlight. Nee PRR, ex-PC.

You won't find anything here anymore except a couple of interchange tracks. This was a prosperous down-home little operation.

Southern SW7 #6071 at Asheville, NC || Feb. 1972

Clinchfield SW7 #355 working at Johnson City, March 1971

A huge assortment of stored Conrail engines could be found at East Altoona in the late 80's. Most wore faded blue paint, but there were still a few in PC black and even one or two in EL and Readi... (more)

For years, Conrail had a diverse fleet of EMD switchers - SW7s, SW8s, SW9s, SW900s, NW2s, SW1001s, SW1200s, SW1500s, and MP15s, as well as a few upgraded and modified variants of older EMD switche... (more)

Early Conrail