CWP&S SW1200 #51 at Pullman Junction, West Pullman Chicago, Illinois. Photo from my collection, no photographer listed on slide.

Founded in the 1880s, the Chicago, West Pullman, and Southern was designed to transport steel from Wisconsin Steel's plant on Chicago's South Side to the nearby Harvester manufacturing plant. The... (more)

A Roger Puta Photograph

westbound CWP transfer run Pullman Jct

I was expecting a Rock Island local freight. What showed up was a switcher from railroad I had never heard of. The loco seems to have had one head lamp removed. Ther is a cool looking tractor on t... (more)