Pulling one car from the refinery.

Emerging from the (coal) mist! This rarely visible unit until recently served as a plant switcher for the Mirant Energy coal-fired power plant in Alexandria, VA. Usually hidden behind rows... (more)

Still in green three months before the ITC's acquisition by Norfolk & Western.

Hoggers Sterling and Brandon shoot the breeze while waiting for the log train to be unloaded. Mill 5 is just beyond the fence, and South Mountain is shrouded in clouds. When they leave, the 1201... (more)

The stacker has finally removed the last load of logs and the 1200 winds up for the return to Shelton.

Eastside Freight grinds uphill at a slow 4 MPH in notch 8. They had an unusually big load for this run. Here they are seen rounding the curve at Cathcart.

Classic American locomotive and classic American muscle! Both built in the 1960's, Eastside Freight's EMD SW1200 and a gorgeous 1969 Z28 Camaro pose together in the sunlight at Maltby.

When green over red means stop! A contract switcher works an oil refinery in east Toledo.

Rio Grande's 'Short Line Transfer' from Roper Yard moves a lengthy cut of cars through Grant Tower, bound for UP North Yard in Salt Lake City. Most of the elements that make up this 1987 photograp... (more)

ST&E 678 heads for home with a short train after switching the UP interchange at Flora Street in the late afternoon.

Arizona Eastern SW1200 No. 24 on the 105 job drops down to Junction Yard with empty hoppers after dumping the loads of copper concentrate into the unloading facility of the Phelps-Dodge smelter co... (more)

Arizona Eastern SW1200 No. 24 on the 105 job switches hoppers of copper concentrate into the unloading facility of the Phelps-Dodge smelter complex at Miami, Arizona, on March 19, 2004. It’s pre... (more)

About one mile out from the dry-sort yard and with South Mountain as a backdrop, the 1201 eases into a 2.2% downgrade at the top of the hill. This trip they are hauling logs back to Mill 3 at the... (more)

Rio Grande's Fourth South Switcher takes the evening off in the old D&RGW yard in downtown Salt Lake City.