Allied Tube & Conduit SW14 8304 was constructed by EMD as Illinois Central SW9 9437 in June 1951. Through the years, it assumed other identities: IC SW9 437 and then Illinois Central Gulf SW9 43... (more)

US Steel's Oliver Iron Mining Alco RS 3 rests by a shop building in Virginia MN in the summer of 1971. A few years later when I went there This place was filled with Baldwin Cow and calf units. o... (more)

Power for Central Valley Ag at Tamora Nebraska.

TPLX GP35 3517 sits outside the LaPorte County/Kingsbury Industrial Park, which is switched by The Prairie Line. While owned by TPLX, 3517 is lettered for JBC Rail Services, which is leasing the ... (more)

Fairfield Southern SW1001 #220 is seen here resting for the weekend in Fairfield, AL. (Photo taken with permission)

One of many soldiers assigned to elevator duties out west. This one has a varied history, beginning life as Southern Railway SD24 #2510. The current scheme is almost a reflection of its time on ... (more)

One of many soldiers assigned to elevator duties out west. This one carries the reporting marks for M Ryan Railway Service Contractors, assigned to the Farmland Services Grain facility in Gothenb... (more)

A surprise find when following UP's Big Boy 4014 to Kimball, Nebraska was High Plains CO-OP 7519, and EMD GP9 built in 1955 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Not the FEC we may all be familiar with, but the multitude of trackside grain elevators across Nebraska often come with their own locomotives. Case in point, Farmers Elevator Co. ex-CR 7558 nee-PR... (more)

This is where the magic happens. SW1 #3 shoves 13 empties into track 3 at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's treatment plant in Stickney, IL. Loaded side dump cars ar... (more)

Bayview Properties' EMD SW8 1001 sits at Wellcox Yard in Nanaimo along with SRY GP9 108. The developer plans to relocate 1001 to Victoria where it will be utilized for promotional purposes and the... (more)