Frenchman Creek, a tributary of the Republican River, flows through southwestern Nebraska. It is also the inspiration for a series of grain elevators in the same part of the state. The Frenchman... (more)

GLLX 4433 still looking good in Ex GTW paint. Originally built in August of 54 as GTW 1757, later became GTW 4433 and now wears GLLX lettering. Endeavor is serviced by the Grand Elk and I believe ... (more)

A hidden treasure found in the countryside of south Kansas on the Blackwell Northern Gateway Railroad is a former Chessie System SD18. EWLX 7311 was built for the Chesapeake & Ohio in January 1963... (more)

A long way from home, but still kickin! The mountains in the background give it away that we are a long way from passenger train duty in Michigan, but this ex-GTW torpedo is still in regular use a... (more)

Former Frisco and Conrail GP15-1’s are in the process of bringing empty coke cars from the IHB's Lakefront Yard through the Cleveland Cliffs' Indiana Harbor plant. The GP15's still wear old Arce... (more)

A Pasco to Barstow freight train takes the super long way around the country. The train is seen here in Nebraska approaching Lincoln in 40 miles. The BNSF Gateway Subdivision between Stockton, CA,... (more)

TPLX GP35 3517 sits outside the LaPorte County/Kingsbury Industrial Park, which is switched by The Prairie Line. While owned by TPLX, 3517 is lettered for JBC Rail Services, which is leasing the ... (more)

On a humid afternoon, a trio of Gary Railway SW1200's pull on a cut of empty CSX coke cars. All three are former EJ&E units that survived the CN takeover long enough to avoid the scrapper's torch.... (more)

Conrail 8999 SW8 switcher Ex Lehigh Valley 252 sits with a 40 ton unit at the old coal plant in Dresden, NY

Here we see CHVX 16, a SW1200 switcher that a Chevron Plant in Pascagoula, MS uses to move tank cars around the plant, sitting under the night sky at the Mississippi Export shops in Hurley, MS get... (more)

Pasta Switcher. This 1950s era switcher works the Treehouse Farms pasta plant outside of Columbia. It was built for the Chicago & North Western RR in 1953, then worked for NAEX for awhile ... (more)

On our way to downtown Minneapolis, we stumbled upon this by chance. Schreier Malting Company's SW1 was working General Mills' Elevator T on this snowy December morning. This switcher was built fo... (more)

The plant switcher at GATX’s tank car facility in Colton, California, is MP14B 7000, constructed in March 2010 by MotivePower Industries on the frame of Southern Ontario Railway SW1200 (an "... (more)

A CHS job works next to the Ryerson in Superior.

WAMX 4173 leads a rare daylight T001 through Zenda and passed a local corn elevator switcher.