Three snow-surrounded switchstands are seen around CN 30 at Exporail, a GE 70 tonner. Behind it is an AMT generator car. At left behind the building is a CN simulator, click more)

St. Paul was blessed with twelve inches of snow on February 20-21 (and this on top of the snow that's fallen since November, which hasn't melted yet). Understandably, the Minnesota Transportation... (more)

Hustling grain cars at Rock Road in Granite City

This diminutive SW1, built in May 1940, was on its last legs (and seventy years old) when this picture was taken in late 2010. This switcher has been replaced by an ex-MP unit. This unit was o... (more)

Southbound at Housels Run RD. with three cars for Northumberland ,Pa. yard.

Double headed SW1s!! Here is a local job switching the Marinette, Wisconsin Milwaukee Road yard in the late afternoon. Kodachrome II film.

FMIX's plant switcher sits shutdown for the weekend on the loader lead. Note the cool old NW car. There where a couple on the property. I wonder if they are in captive service within the plant?

Oops! An errant box car has wedged itself into the side of a Rio Grande SW1200 near the wye at Roper Yard in South Salt Lake. Perhaps a steel chain and careful maneuvering will take care of it.

An Ann Arbor S3 sits on the caboose track in the yard in Owosso with a pair of streamline cabeese behind. The caboose track and the alco are both gone, but the yard is still in service. 35mm slid... (more)

Cement factory (Cimpor) shunter, arriving at Souselas station, with some cement loaded wagons from the factory.

1504 and 1502 switching around Lewiston Jct.

CNW 1281 one of two SW600s on the CNW (the other, 1280 also served Eau Claire) does some switching outside the Uniroyal tire factory at Eau Claire tower. The shot taken from the tower shows No. 12... (more)

The original FP7 demonstator begins its descent of Lemon Drop Hill as she teams with DMIR #316 to deliver coal cars back to the BNSF after being stored on the NSSR. Very rare move, as the #2500 do... (more)