Early phase unit. Photo by Gary W Zeitler, from my collection.

Apparently retired, this unit came late in the production run. Interesting modifications for radio control. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

The Denver Rock Island Railroad operates a nice variety of vintage power. DRIR 417 (on the right) is a 74-year-old NW2 that was built in 1948 for the Saint Louis-San Fransisco Railroad. It also ... (more)

The beautifully preserved Southern Pacific 1423 of the Niles Canyon Railway.

The 1949 built SP 1423 brings the empty excursion train from the Brightside yard to the Sunol CA station.

Ex-Penn Central, exx-Pennsylvania Railroad.

Colorful Denver Rock Island Railroad EMD NW2 No. 996 switches tank cars at Denver, Colorado, on April 11, 2006.

A Johnson Railway Services NW2 sits at the Murphy-Brown Grain Mill in Laurinburg, North Carolina. The little switcher was built in 1948 as Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (DTI) 915. She later... (more)

An NW2 built in 1949 by Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD) was tolling away in an industrial area near Port Wentworth in Georgia when I photographed it on May 25, 2013. The GSS lettering is from it's tim... (more)

Johnson Railway EMD NW 2 139 waits at Murphy-Brown, LLC for more cars to unload in 2013. The little switcher was built in 1948 as Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad (DTI) 915. She later became L... (more)

Two second hand locomotives sit at the Tyson Foods plant in Monroe, North Carolina back in 2012. Laurinburg & Southern NW2 #127 had been the plant switcher here for many years. It was initilly bui... (more)

Built in 1949 for the Peoria & Pekin Union, #405 has found a new home.

Old Diesels and Fallen Flags

Indiana Harbor Belt 8739 rusts away in the company of Conrail and Wisconsin Central locomotives on a cold and rainy night at the Larry's Truck ... (more)

Three ex-PBNE and one former CR switchers live out their remaining days on the Lehigh Valley Rail Management's deadline in south Bethlehem.

UP NW2 1044, a GP9 and DRGW SD45 no. 5327 have a transfer at what I believe was the wye that connected the Rio Grande to the Western Pacific in Salt Lake City. The Rio Grande station is in the bac... (more)