Your Friendly Sand Man
Green Dubuque Sand & Gravel EMD SW1 No. 537 sits on the company’s trackage at East Dubuque, Illinois, on August 21, 1994. The switcher was originally built by E... (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)

November has arrived, and some fall foliage remains in Eastern Pennsylvania. Here Anthracite Railway SW1 735 rolls past a tree that hasn’t shed its leaves.

One of the Anthracite Railway’s 1986 excursions on the former Reading Perkiomen branch approaches Palm, Pennsylvania at a location known as County Line.

Boston and Maine switcher awaits it's next duties while sitting in the yard in Manchester with the old depot in the background. Back then the trains would cross the busy Elm St. (runs parallel to... (more)

Cranking up to switch some privately-owned passenger cars that are in town, RPCX SW1 738, still carrying the lettering for former owner Washington Terminal, was found at St. Louis’ Union Station... (more)

NIRC 1, the oldest unit on Metra’s roster, sits with a couple bi-levels at Burr Oak Yard in Blue Island, IL.

Luzerne & Susquehanna SW1 #600 takes a short freight through Wilkes-Barre.

Luzerne & Susquehanna SW1 #600 takes a short freight under the CP tracks.

WWRC 8408 leads an excursion train back to Greenbank Station.

BN SW1 no. 93 prepares to lead a short local run from North La Crosse yard into downtown La Crosse to switch industries in the city. The switcher shows off an amazingly clean rendition of CB&Q's ... (more)

Long time resident "Big Joe" Johnson Railway Service SW1, sporting the Koch Food paint scheme is waiting in idle while the Remote Control Operator is on his lunch break. This SW1 started it's life... (more)

Former New York Central SW1 working at 35th street on a snowy day in the Twin Cities.

An overview of Lehigh Valley’s Bethlehem Engine Terminal reveals a variety of power in various states of readiness. As an SW1 leaves the turntable and heads out to work, two RS-11’s are on one... (more)