Soo Line SW1200 2126 delivered in black with gold striping, built 01/55 - retired 10/92. No photographer listed on slide, from my collection.

St. Maries River Railroad SW1200 number 501 pulls a cut of finished wood products out of the Stimson Lumber company just to the east of St. Maries Idaho. The 501 was built in December of 1954 as M... (more)

MNA 751 takes three boxcars past Cherokee Firearms on its way to the BNSF interchange. This is the only MNA operation that isn't connected to any of their other lines. Back when it was Mopac this ... (more)

Metra #3 (SW1200) has an unusual cargo, as the "Scenic View", "Tioga Pass", and "Hickory Creek" are in the yard on 6/16/2017. These cars were on their way to be added to the Joliet Rocket, which w... (more)

Con Agra's SW1200 shuffles some covered hoppers during a fierce snowstorm in Commerce City, Colorado.

On the morning of October 7, 2019, St. Maries River Railroad EMD SW1200 No. 501 pulls a load from Stimson Lumber in Milltown to the yard in St. Maries, Idaho. The diminutive train is trundling ove... (more)

Way Back Machine: Now almost 14 years ago, in a scene that can't be repeated. Terry Respondek himself skins 'em back, clearing the carbon out of 1206 and 604. They are dragging loads of ste... (more)

The Milwaukee Road and Kansas City Southern operated a joint agency in Kansas City

The Dominion Atlantic local freight from Kentville has just arrived at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, behind CP SW1200 8132, clearing the way for the daily passenger run to Halifax. Soon the RDC laying ov... (more)

GRW 324, a former EJ&E SW1200, passes a handful of older CN equipment as it shoves a train into Kirk Yard in Gary, Indiana.

May the 4th Be With You… A pair of Pacific Harbor Line SW1200s bring a train of autoracks to Union Pacific’s Dolores Yard early in the morning. PHL 38 was originally New Haven 658 (... (more)

A bad ordered bilevel car was ready for pick-up at Joliet's Washington Street Coach Yard and NIRC 3 got the call to head west from 47th Street to retrieve it. The old Milwaukee Road veteran slows ... (more)

Metra SW1200, NIRC 3, leads 3 cars as it diverges from the St. Charles Airline to the Metra Rock Island District at the 16th Street Tower junction, crossing over CN's Freeport Sub. These cars, inc... (more)

Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern EMD SW1200 No. 34 rests at Soo Line’s Shoreham Yard locomotive facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in September 1984. The switcher was built in May 1965 and is... (more)

Central Illinois Switcher heads to BNSF Ashland Yard with scrap steel loads. The 1206 was recently painted in Burlington inspired scheme.