The bulk of the San Francisco Bay Railroad's business is the handling of construction debris, a.k.a. "Dirty Dirt." Here the transloading process between truck and rail is seen taking pl... (more)

Nearing the end of another switching day, SFBR 23 pauses next to one of its road-running Kenworth counterparts.

SFBR 23 and its three-man-crew head out to Pier 94 to retrieve a string of gondolas. This crew consists of the conductor, the engineer, and the railroad's logistics manager.

Beech Mountains Alco S2 #113 built as Michigan Limestone & Chemical in 1946 crosses Palace Valley Road, through the back yards of a few residents and into the woods with 25 empty coal cars in tow.... (more)

This ancient sand tower appears to be much older than the Alco S2 that it is feeding when I stopped in here some 38 years ago.

A Roger Puta photograph

The Jersey Southern switches a feed mill just north of Bridgeton, N.J., on the Seabrook Branch, a remnant of a Jersey Central branch line. The Jersey Southern was a short-lived operation, spun off... (more)

The 1968 holiday rush is already underway on November 2, as Chicago Burlington & Quncy S2 9300 drags a long cut of mail storage and express cars out of Denver Union Station. In the early 1940s as ... (more)

Built by Alco in 1941 for the South Buffalo Railway as their 73 then to Fort Howard Paper Company (now Georgia-Pacific - Green Bay Mill) as their 63-146. The museum acquired the engine in 2006 and... (more)

Toledo Terminal local TT yard Toledo

Built by Alco in 1941 for the South Buffalo Railway as their 73 then to Fort Howard Paper Company (now Georgia-Pacific - Green Bay Mill) as their 63-146. The museum acquired the engine in 2006 an... (more)

After receiving a bulky "dirty dirt" consist from the UP, the SF Belt fired up one of their two Alco S2 switchers to move some cars around. Here, they are shown running light on pier 96 ... (more)

Litwar Processing Plant sits along the NS Pokey near Iaeger WV. Coal Mining is a dirty business, but has fueled America since the Industrial Revolution. Its days "appear" to be numbered... (more)

Erie Lackawanna Alco S-2, 1963. A partially-repainted Alco switcher passing Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Empire Coke's S2 #9068 at Holt, AL || April 1984