A switch crew on their way to work the small yard at the SCL freight house just south of Union Station has just had a brief respite from the June afternoon heat as they rolled below Union's shed.

An L&N switcher/slug snake curves down toward Tilford Yard's main classification area.

Southern 8202 poses with a mini work train as part of a night photo charter at the Southeastern Railway Museum. Since the 8202 wasn't operable, the 1026 was at the other end to provide power & bra... (more)

Southern 8202 is an EMD SW7 built in 1950 for the Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad. It was previously numbered 1100 and used by the Southern until 1982, when it was donated to the Southeastern ... (more)

Southern Railway SW7 No. 8202 poses with the work train on the museum's main line. The locomotive is not currently operable but is under restoration, and is slowly being put back together after re... (more)

Erie Lackawanna SW-7 429 at Croxton Roundhouse

Deep in the hollows of Letcher County, two EMD's rust away at the idled Golden Oak Coal prep plant. These units were called mine critters, which shoved hoppers under the loadout while loading coal... (more)

The power for the Maine Central's Rockland Branch train lays over at Rockland, ME, yard on a summer afternoon. MEC 332 is an SW7 and mate 334 is an SW9. Later in the day they will power train NJ-2... (more)

A good profile shot of a veteran SW7 owned by Incoal Company.

Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New England SW7 44 works a cut of gondolas at the yard in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New England SW7 34, assisted by a slug of unknown origins, waits for a switch to enter the Bethlehem yard.

The veteran SW7 was spotted in Byers, Colorado early in the morning on Memorial Day as we headed east from Denver to chase tornadoes. It is apparently owned by the Incoal Company (INLX). I could... (more)

The Steamtown train has arrived at Moscow, Pennsylvania. In a series of moves similar to those done in Elmhurst the previous season, the first locomotive of the double-headed train has cut off and... (more)

A cold winter storm begins to break up as the #12 pulls a four-pack of loads from the Sierra Pacific Mill in Quincy. Sitting in a valley at only 3,500', Quincy is often spared from the harshness o... (more)

Our perch high above the swollen Susquehanna River affords an opportunity to compare EMD models SW7 and SW9 switchers on a transfer run west out of Enola. Ex-NYC No. 8851 (built 2-50) is leading ... (more)