Reaching the end of its first run.

Twin SD18s rest at the grain elevator in Hinton.

A former-IC GP10 sits at a facility.

The Aliens Have Landed! CNW 4279 slowly approaches Kohler, WI as Kohler's centercab switcher waits to swap out some cars in July of 1986. The 3 towers are unusual to say the least.

Colorful EMD GP9 No. 7516 rests beneath the Frenchman Valley Co-Op grain elevator (formerly High Plains Co-Op) along Union Pacific’s Sidney Subdivision at Kimball, Nebraska, on September 13, 201... (more)

An Arcelor Mittal SW1550 pulls a cut of steel slab gons from the East Chicago plant.

Locomotives:
MTSX 115 SW1500

Cane 1 returns for the mill as the cane field burns behind the train. The burning of the cane fields is part of the harvesting process, burning off parts not used to make sugar.

It appears Rail Switching Service is adding another GP9 to its fleet. This unit (which does not currently show up on their roster) was spotted being serviced at the BNSF engine facility in Denver... (more)

A small critter of unknown model sits next to radiation scanners at the Liberty Iron & Metal scrapyard facility in Erie, PA.

The illusive Coors Brewing Company's CORX 997 (SW1000) is photographed as it moves a string of custom hoppers between a grain plant and the production facility. Usually it runs in a secured area ... (more)

SW1200 works the massive old style grain elevator in the old bottoms of central Des Moines. When loaded the cars will be picked up by Iowa Interstate to be handed off to NS at Peoria.

RSSX SW1200 353 sits in Joliet yard.

The old Alco still remains in the same place as last year. There still may be hope for her. The Tipple has been reopened but it is trucking coal in and out. Lets hope they soon have a need to fire... (more)

While on a road trip I made a brief stop in Birmingham to check out a small NS yard. When I reached it I found this neat MP15DC making a street running move as it drilled gondolas for a pipe indus... (more)

Nekoosa Paper 14 waits out the night at IRM.