Fairfield Southern SW1001 #220 is seen here resting for the weekend in Fairfield, AL. (Photo taken with permission)

One of many soldiers assigned to elevator duties out west. This one has a varied history, beginning life as Southern Railway SD24 #2510. The current scheme is almost a reflection of its time on ... (more)

One of many soldiers assigned to elevator duties out west. This one carries the reporting marks for M Ryan Railway Service Contractors, assigned to the Farmland Services Grain facility in Gothenb... (more)

A surprise find when following UP's Big Boy 4014 to Kimball, Nebraska was High Plains CO-OP 7519, and EMD GP9 built in 1955 for the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Not the FEC we may all be familiar with, but the multitude of trackside grain elevators across Nebraska often come with their own locomotives. Case in point, Farmers Elevator Co. ex-CR 7558 nee-PR... (more)

This is where the magic happens. SW1 #3 shoves 13 empties into track 3 at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's treatment plant in Stickney, IL. Loaded side dump cars ar... (more)

Bayview Properties' EMD SW8 1001 sits at Wellcox Yard in Nanaimo along with SRY GP9 108. The developer plans to relocate 1001 to Victoria where it will be utilized for promotional purposes and the... (more)

It's business as usual on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago as #'s 3 and 2 lead 26 empties under Harlem Avenue in Forest View. The 26 side dump cars were recently dump... (more)

Known as "The Crow," the Cleveland Works Railroad services the Cleveland Cliffs (former Arcelor Mittal) steel mills in the industrial flats area south of Cleveland, Ohio. On a sunny Sund... (more)

SSRX 1393 was built as a MP15AC for the Missouri Kansas Texas (MKT) Railroad and then was sold to Union Pacific and now shuffles beer cars at the Budweiser Brewing plant in Fort Collins, Colorado.... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 2: Elusive Creatures Second stop on my ALCO Safari trip was the Mosaic potash terminal in Rosemount, they roster an ALCO S-2 and lease a rebuilt RS-3. On a whim I made a sto... (more)