After bringing in a couple empty scrap gons, Steel Dynamic's SW1 uncouples and pulls away from the cars as the excavator to the left gets fired up, preparing to load the gons.
Just a few minutes before the taking of this photo, I was looking out upon the yards and beautiful mountains of Roanoke from a nice Vantage point for viewing both, and I couldn't help but notice t... (more)
After giving caboose rides to the younger visitors at the Minnesota Transportation Museum's Jackson Street Roundhouse, the crew is done for the day as the cross the turntable and head for the sta... (more)
This old EMD SW1 still painted for former owner Anderson Windows who used it at their Bayport, MN facility before being donated to the Minnesota Transportation Museum who uses the little engine fo... (more)