Shovels and Brooms

After an overnight snowfall that left several inches of snow blanketing southeastern Pennsylvania, the first order of business for the crew of Conrail’s North ... (more)

Conrail’s yard in Lansdale, Pennsylvania served as a staging area for freight traffic on SEPTA’s North Penn, Doylestown, and Stony Creek branches. A local from Abrams Yard near King of Prussia... (more)

California Northern 106, a former CNW GP15-1 leads a northbound Cascade & Columbia River freight across a causeway near the Azwell Wells Dam several miles south of Pateros, WA as it heads to Omak ... (more)

California Northern 106, a former CNW GP15-1 leads a northbound Cascade & Columbia River freight north of Chelan Falls, WA. The train is en route from Wenatchee to Omak, having come down from Omak... (more)

The Cascade & Columbia River freight from Wenatchee to Omak rolls along Stayman Flats Road and the Columbia River in chilly conditions below the highway 97A climb away from the river to Chelan. Th... (more)

The Cascade & Columbia River freight from Wenatchee to Omak trundles along the freezing shoreline of Lake Entiat, a part of the Columbia River. Near zero temperatures are causing some "steam&... (more)

UPY 546 (ex Chicago & Northwestern GP15-1) gets repositioned in the North Yard after servicing.

UPY 681 (GP15-1) gets ready to pull a cut of cars into the North Yard for sorting, while a BNSF freight heads to the Denver Yard.

Arcelor Mittal's pair of GP15-1's bring a long train of empties out of the plant in East Chicago, IN.

A Canadian Pacific local switches a fleet of covered hoppers on Duluth's south side.

A Wisconsin Northern local switches a few covered hoppers near the town of Bloomer, Wis., on a few spring-like day in the Midwest. The matching pair of EMD GP15-1s are being assisted with a push-p... (more)

A pair of GP15s lead a Yard Center to Chicago Heights job past Jay Tower, named because of the EJ&E crossing. As of 2016, the motors are still in service however the tower has been razed.

A pair of CNW GP15-1s have dropped off their transfer to the Belt Railway of Chicago and are preparing to head back lite power to Proviso Yard. Tom Golden photo.

The Troy Grove job heads west towards Dekalb where it will head south on the Troy Grove sub to Troy Grove.

At North Little Rock, Arkansas, Union Pacific EMD GP15-1 Y559 sits on Track 6 at UP’s Downing B. Jenks Shop on May 18, 2015.