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)

It's business as usual on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago as #'s 3 and 2 lead 26 empties under Harlem Avenue in Forest View. The 26 side dump cars were recently dump... (more)

Known as "The Crow," the Cleveland Works Railroad services the Cleveland Cliffs (former Arcelor Mittal) steel mills in the industrial flats area south of Cleveland, Ohio. On a sunny Sund... (more)

SSRX 1393 was built as a MP15AC for the Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT) Railroad and then was sold to Union Pacific and now shuffles beer cars at the Budweiser Brewing plant in Fort Collins, Colorado.... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 2: Elusive Creatures Second stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the Mosaic potash terminal in Rosemount, they roster an ALCO S-2 and lease a rebuilt RS-3. On a whim I made a sto... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 2: Elusive Creatures Second stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the Mosaic potash terminal in Rosemount, they roster an ALCO S-2 and lease a rebuilt RS-3. On a whim I made a sto... (more)

A former Terminal Railroad of St. Louis EMD SW8, now a St. Louis Car Company locomotive, sits at the Granite City yard. A little research showed this locomotive was built in May 1951. Still oper... (more)

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago had quite a few cars ready to head out of their Stickney plant this morning, so SW1's 2 and 3 had a busy morning and afternoon ahead.... (more)

55 year-old Con Agra 1134 (SW1200) works the yard which is part of the Commerce City Grain complex in Commerce City, Colorado.

CAGX 1134 (SW1200) works the Commerce City Grain yard north of Denver.

Veteran CAGX 1134 was built in 1966 as a SW1200 for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. It now works the Commerce City Grain yard north of Denver.

An ex-Port of Montreal SW1001 is switching tank cars inside the Axiall plant in the morning.

Working the Yard. This switcher apparently was built in 1957 for Sand Springs Railway, a Class 3 in Oklahoma. It worked for Sand Springs for many years before being sold to MVPX at some po... (more)

Waiting for an air hammer to clear a frozen switch.

A special appearance by a one and only beauty. Courtesy of management the unit was outside the gates for a few minutes for our edification. Every beauty has a best side or at least another.