With switching done in Union, MO, the local locomotives return light to the Lackland Yard.

This view shows the hood ends of a pair of Wisconsin Central SW1500s assigned to heavy switching at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, WI. The 1556 is in the early color scheme using the original cr... (more)

This view shows the cab ends of a pair of Wisconsin Central SW1500s assigned to heavy switching at Shops Yard in North Fond du Lac, WI. The 1556 is an early color scheme using the original cream c... (more)

With an SW1500 at each end, ArcelorMittal brings a molten steel "bottle train" into their East Chicago plant.

SW1500 no. 1560 handles switching duties at the north end of Shops Yard, Wisconsin Central's main yard on its system. Note a group of Green Bay & Western ballast hoppers on the next track over. Th... (more)

Former SP SW1500s pair up on Wisconsin Central to handle heavy yard switching at North Fond du Lac, WI below the yard office tower.

IHB 1511 leads a local west towards BP Whiting.

An IHB SW1500 and hump trailer are completing the shove of a cut of cars at Blue Island Yard. Tom Golden photo.

U. S. Sugar Corp 202 waits for repair work to be done at the Locomotive Specialist facility in Waycross, Georgia. Photo taken with permission.

A view from above at the Motive Power Resources shop in Minooka.

A pair of Wisconsin Central switch engines compare cabs at Shops Yard, located in North Fond du Lac, WI. The SW1500 in the foreground in no. 1556, a former SP unit. It could stand a repaint at thi... (more)

Known as "The Crow," the Cleveland Works Railroad services the Arcelor Mittal steel mills in the industrial flats area of Cleveland, Ohio. In this view, SW1500 1556 leads a train of stee... (more)

The MRS transfer to/from the Alton and Southern's Gateway Yard climbs the east approach to the MacAuthur Bridge.

WC 1556 is X-SP 2652, an SW1500 built in June 1972. It awaits work while older WC 1233 and 1237 pair up to switch a train at Shops Yard, North Fond du Lac. They are rollling past the yard office a... (more)