The hostler is getting this little gem ready for the Cranston local freight. Before the day is done this way freight will have covered many miles of light rail branchs. I noticed through readi... (more)
Stripped of prime mover and electrical components, repainted and donated to the town of Laurinburg by the G&O railway.
The Little Engine Who Couldn't. Little SW1 had a seized engine, and days after this picture was taken, she was turned into razorblades and parts for the NW5. Her bell also became the lunch bell fo... (more)
Tulsa & Sapulpa Union Rwy SW1 #102 awaiting its next work at Sapulpa, OK in this November 1987 view.
Southern SW1 #2010 working at Johnson City, TN in the fall of 1970. This engine became Southern #1013 later in its life. As of the fall of 2010, it is still operating as the shop switcher for Mid-... (more)
A school trip gets ready to depart from Green Bank station behind the Wilmington & Western's grand old SW1. WWRC #114 was built in 1940 by the Electro-Motive Corporation (EMC, not EMD) for the Leh... (more)
Taking a short break from switching locomotives around the Midwest Locomotive facility is the engineer of their shop switcher, SW1 1940.
The shop switcher at Midwest Locomotive Incorporated is this SW1, numbered for the year in which it was constructed - 1940. This engine is ex-MWLX 91, ex-Kansas City Power & Light 91, ex-BN 91, n... (more)
A former Rock Island SW1 (#530) has been resurrected as Advantage Metals' newest locomotive. When photographed at Midwest Locomotive Company on September 17, 2010, this engine had not yet receive... (more)
The shop switcher for Mid-America Locomotive & Car Repair, Inc. in Kansas City, Missouri, is this SW1. MAC 82 began life in August 1947 as Southern Railway's 2010, later renumbered to 1013. It w... (more)
Luzerne & Susquehanna 600 is ready to enter Pittston Yard (formerly Coxton Yard) where the LSRY interchanges with the Reading & Northern.
Bicentennial painted Island Terminal SW1 #603 in Memphis, TN // May 1976
Galveston Wharves SW1 #203 working in Galveston, TX // May 1976
You never saw a more ragtag operation than this but it was fun for many. On special occasions ex-Olin Corporation #1 ran on the upper end of the isolated ex-NS branch with passenger cars converte... (more)
Motive Power's SW1 shop switcher shuffles around a couple of new gensets being built for ADM.