Union railroad switcher waiting for signal to proceed up grade to high bridge. In the background Conrail Reading units arrive.

The C&BL is a difficult short line to shoot; its early morning start and high valley walls make it rough to get some good light. Luckily, it was those two factors that made this shot possible.

These Guys Don't Look Too Healthy The other two units are GP9s.

The Heritage Railroad brings a load of inbound petroleum to the Laketon Refining Corporation. In 1991 the Laketon Refining Corp built a 3.1 mile section of track between their refinery at Laketon ... (more)

This little model is ex-GN and LOADED. Marker lights, flexicoil trucks, spark arresters, the whole enchilada, with only a million or so miles on her.

JLCX 1500 sits in the Brantford Yard.

Originally built for the Indiana Harbor Belt (8845) in the 1950's this switcher now moves scrap from railroad cars around the facility, most of which had shorter lives.

#975 is a GP30.

This former Southern Pacific SW7 now is now working in New Jersey.

An ex-Southern Pacific SW7 now on the New York New Jersey Railroad sits in what was once the New York Cross Harbor's yard. An ex-Conrail/NS GMTX GP15-1 switches the Tropicanna plant in the backgr... (more)

Midwest Steel and Alloy 1201 switches 3 scrap cars around in a junk yard as the sun burns off the morning fog. The engine was built in 1950 as IHB 8845. Check out all the employees and welders gri... (more)

C&BL #104 heads into what it left of their yard at Johnstown. What was once a comparable operation to today's Union Railroad is now relying on a single major customer for much of their traffic.

CBL 104 switches one of the largest few remaining customers spun off when Bethlehem Steel left town in 1992. Today, JWT is the largest producer of high quality carbon steel wire in North America. ... (more)

PB&NE SW7 #2000 poses in a special paint scheme.