Thirty-Three Years of Service to the SPRetired from the Southern Pacific roster on January 8th, 1987, SW900R (some call them SW900Es, but I'll defer to what Joe "Mr. Espee"... (more)
My first time attempting night time flash photography and this one came out the best out of the bunch. AMHR 8651 is posed for us as it is flashed late into the night.
SW900 #90 takes the weekend off at "Orrs". I couldn't help but notice the paint scheme matches the sky perfectly.
Sand Springs Railway SW900 #101 at Sand Springs, OK in Oct 1987
Baltimore & Ohio SW900 9407 spends the weekend with another EMD switcher at the Arlington enginehouse on Staten Island. Within a few years, declining freight business on the island would spell an ... (more)
Premier Co-Operative's Thomasboro switcher, still marked for former elevator operator FFGC, sits at their elevator in Thomasboro. Photo taken on Premier Co-Operative property with permission.
A pair of L&C end cabs switch a propane facility in the morning while a Lancaster County school bus waits for the pull over 521.
In 1983, Conrail CEO L. Stanley Crane had the Conrail business train repainted from Conrail blue to a less-gaudy Pullman green. The train, based in Reading, was painted elsewhere, most likely Alt... (more)
Setting a string of center beams on the dock for storage in preparation for the mill and railroad closure. Yesterday the cars were brought down in a special move from the Dry Sort yard where the... (more)
With the third paint scheme in three years, the Union Tank Car Company uses this switcher here and is not easy to capture on most days as he is tucked in the yard on the company grounds.
Delta Western SW900 #105 at a coton seed mill at Indianola, MS || Oct 1990
The Sunbury Generation LP power plant at Shamokin Dam Pennsylvania, owns a switcher to handle the coal cars that arrive at the plant. The heritage of the engine, SW900R 1088, is apparent from the ... (more)
L&C train #14 heads towards the AmeriSteel Plant outside of Lancaster on a nasty Monday morning. Sure was nice to see a lashup without the GPs...
The Detroit Connecting is heading south from Milwaukee Junction after picking up cars from CN's East Yard.
Where else can you find an SW900 with one of the earliest operating Alco S1's? Taken during a Dynamo Productions photo charter.