A leased LTEX SW9 shuffles scrap gons at the Midwest Steel & Alloy scrapyard in Youngstown, Ohio located alongside the CSX New Castle Subdivision. The crew has just run these two cars over the rai... (more)

The entire roster of the Vandalia Railroad waits for its next assignment near its connection with CSX, originally the Pennsy, and the outside world. The Vandalia Railroad operates a short segment... (more)

Katy EMD SW9 Nos. 21 and 19 take a breather at Glen Park Yard in Kansas City, Kansas, on a slushy and cold December 8, 1985. The large grain elevator lining the south end of the yard between South... (more)

In the final paint scheme.

Watco operations at CPKC Dallas yard

A trio of switchers await the call to duty at the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway's Hobart Yard, not far from downtown Los Angeles. These three SW9s – ATSF 2423, 2425 and 2428 – are among ... (more)

Watco SW9 has the day off to watch some football.

Some old SW9's painted up for the conrail still exist, All through they are now just rusting away.

Landisville Railroad’s former LV/Conrail SW900M prepares to pull a cut of cars back to the road’s yard, around a mile to the south. Engineer Jacob Rink is at the controls, while Conductor Matt... (more)

Peoria & Pekin Union Railway EMD SW9 No. 605 sits at the railroad’s facility near East Peoria, Illinois, in March 1984. This 1,200 hp switcher looks similar to the SW8, but has two exhaust stack... (more)

OKLAHOMA CITY Nov 16 1981 — Katy SW9 18 awaits a crew to continue switching duties at Harter Yard. The facility was formerly operated by the Rock Island. EMD built the 18 (b/n 11739) in 1952 as ... (more)

Amtrak "SW1000R" 792, seen in the carrier's Ivy City facility, was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Montour SW9 73 in May 1952. This SW9 was later sold to Youngstown &... (more)

Boston & Maine SW9 1223 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in January 1952. EMD built 815 of these 1200 horsepower switchers – 786 for American owners, and 29 in Canada for ope... (more)

A surviving SBD item of L&N heritage. It has recently moved to the collection in Oak Ridge, TN which also is home to an ex-L&N GP30 in SBD paint.

Steam killer. Though it gets less credit than the GP9 this model drove a stake into the heart of many a steam switcher roster. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.