A remote controlled trackmobile provides the power as they work on loading 6 cars at a time, which is all they can fit between the grade crossings in Circleville.
I went all the way to Texas and ran into an old friend! Cargill NW2 1320 used to work at the Cargill elevator at Verdemont, at the foot of southern California's Cajon Pass. The venerable old eng... (more)
A pair of Whitcomb locomotives call Hooper, NE home. The closest is a 50 tonner S-3, constructed in 1955 for Standard Slag, while the one in the rear is a 45 tonner built in 1942. Before coming ... (more)
Hangar Queen. Sitting the exact same spot she was in when I visited a year earlier, this old B&O veteran can't be working too hard in her retirement.
A couple of small locomotives are switching the Cargill facility in Denver. I couldn't find a road number on this engine, but it was lettered as Ruth instead.
Cargill #305 - Cargill in San Bernardino has an old EMD GP9 that they use to move covered hopper cars around on their track. Usually this unit is back behind a fence or tucked away over near the ... (more)
Cargill switcher soaks up the sun infront of the Cargill Elevators on Mission Island.
The grain silos tower over their switcher.
A nice little machine to serve Cargill.
Cargill switcher rests in the snow.
A closeup of the front end of the Cargill switcher. As an RCL GP9 it has quite the array of lights on the cab, too bad I don't think they work.
It's not to often I get to see the Cargill switcher in action. Today I took a shot while it moved a similarly color matched hopper.
Cargill switcher waits for Albany Port 13 to finish delivering hoppers. It appears to be sporting new paint.
Late afternoon roster view of the Cargill Grain's GP9 at Verdemont.
Remote control, from the front steps!
