In 1980 it was not too uncommon to see early first generation switchers working for Class I railroads. The Milwaukee Road used this and other SW1s around the Quad Cities after the shutdown of the... (more)
Lots of first generation EMD power at the Belknap Street roundhouse in Superior, Wisconsin, in August of 1976. The 1421 is a former Northern Pacific GP7 (550) rebuilt into a GP10.