Conrail is a week shy of being one year old, and so far, LV 224 has escaped renumbering. The ex-LV caboose with it, however, has been given the full blue paint treatment.

This STRATA Corporation switcher is on the west side of Devils Lake by the CHS complex. Not sure about BGSX, but on the switcher it says for service to call Independent Locomotive Service in Bethe... (more)

An interesting combo takes a break at Top End Tower at North Yard in Salt Lake City. March 5, 1977

A pair of Conrail switchers drags a transfer around the southwest wye at Alexis Tower.

A couple of maintainers wait in the clear on their motor car as L&N EMD switchers 2252 and 2263 make a transfer run at a busy interlocking at Memphis, Tenn

A trio of LVRB EMD switchers head east through the River Yard after dropping a cut of interchange cars for Norfolk Southern. The crew will now pick up the consist of the inbound NS 262 RoadRailer... (more)

Dressed in a short-lived sky-blue paint scheme, it is fitting that GN’s EMD switcher is under the big skies of Montana at Whitefish yard with Big Sky Montana ski slope in the background.

Chicago-Chemung Railroad SW7 pulls empty grain cars for loading from Union Pacific interchange to Seeger Grain in Chemung

#5 moves the day's outbound cut into position for Providence & Worcester to pick up at the end of the day.

Marker-light equipped Southern EMD SW-7 switcher 6859 was assigned the passenger station at Knoxville, Tenn. when this image was snapped on June 28, 1957. The church tower clock says 2:28; the h... (more)

Was driving through Rock Island, IL back in 2011 and came across this guy in BNSF's lower yard. It's amazing what you can still find out and about. Of course, helps to arrive during "Train Festi... (more)

Republic Steel Corp. (River Terminal Ry.) SW7 No. 98 switches molten steel in the Cleveland, Ohio steel mill. This mill along the Cuyahoga River, which was known for burning in this era, was merge... (more)

Black with the original headlight I noticed. The gray is trying to get out as the black flakes off. Note the added vents on the hood ala ATSF and no MU.