Fall is in the air with grain starting to move and berries on the trees.

In 1986, the National Model Railroad Association held its annual convention in Salt Lake City. NMRA chartered a passenger special with the Salt Lake Garfield & Western Railroad for convention atte... (more)

Looks like this unit has had some engine troubles...at least the oil stains gives the dull blue paint some character...

Landisville Railroad sw900 #8651 switches some cars seen here crossing main street

What I did on my Summer vacation: Rasafrashin" clouds at French's Hollow. A hard working SW9 moves 'em one at a time as needed.

Seaboard Coast Line SW9 #184, NW2 #21, SW9 #170 and GP7 #802 await their next assignment. SCL SW9 #184 was built as Atlantic Coast Line #702 in November 1951. After leaving the SCL roster, becam... (more)

Seaboard Coast Line SW9 #146 was built March 1951 as Atlantic Coast Line #664 and later became ISCX #146, then WAMX #909

Newly painted SW9 #8977 and GP38-2 #8213 are seen waiting in the Indiana Harbor Belt's Blue Island Yard for their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

The New York & Ogdensburg Railway SW9 12 is owned by the Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority and is currently for sale. The unit is outside the warehouse building that also houses the Bulk Servi... (more)

PC SW9 No. 9125 and a caboose stand idle in the weeds at Mt. Union, PA on July 20, 1975. PC had many different facets. While the yard at Mt. Union was suffering from deferred maintenance, barely a... (more)

Back in more prosperous days, this unit was looking good but was probably already surplus as the caps on the stacks would suggest. Already there was a bunch of newer EMD products on the property.

The Chicago Terminal cuts off its gondola and heads for big bay lumber to pick up a loaded centerbeam before returning north. The Terminal runs here to Goose Island as needed, usually 1 or 2 times... (more)

Geneva Steel SW9 #43 shuffles a load of coil around the Vineyard mill. GS 43 was built the DMIR (Duluth Missabe & Iron Range) #11 in 1953, later working for the Carbon County Railway at the Horse ... (more)

An SW9 in Lackawanna black works in Croxton Yard on a cold January day.

The now vacant Hotel Lewistown dwarfs the Juniata Valley Railroad train as it heads down the middle of Water Street for Stanard Steel in Burnham.