A pair of slugs, parked near the shop.

IHB 478 leads a rather unusual set of power on a transfer freight from Blue Island Yard to Michigan Avenue Yard

Winchester and Westerns one-of-a-kind slug sits with other W&W power at the Gore locomotive shop.

Winchester and Westerns one-of-a-kind slug sits with other W&W power at the Gore locomotive shop. RIP Elvis!

SCL Slug 3000 (rebuilt from L&N Baldwin VO1000 #2202) working with S-12 #206 at Hamlet, NC. [11/71]

The RF&P had three yard slugs that were built from Alco switchers. Instead of a number, the slugs were assigned the first three letters of the alphabet. "C" is shown here next to Pot Yard's engi... (more)

Made from a Fairbanks-Morse H24-66 "Trainmaster"

All the slugs await disposition following shutdown of the ROCK. 999-284-54 are at this end. The line of C415s can be seen by the backshop to the left.

Tilford Yard slug set

Lots of unusual power is pictured here: a slug set, run-through UP power and lastly, a remotored ex-EL SD45-2...the oversized fuel tank and horn placement gives it away...

The alco heritage is evident in this Ex-Conrail chop-shop masterpiece. I found it strange that CSX only painted the B end of slug yellow and not the F end...perhaps they needed a place to get rid ... (more)

The Ugly Duckling...the other four slug sets at Selkirk feature Dark Future Paint, like the two in the background. Also, #2463 is a still active SD38, it sounded great...

Southern Pacific slug 1013 was built from Louisville & Nashville NW2 2204, which was originally CIL (Monon) 15. It is seen here in Stockton in California's delta country on March 12, 2000.

BC Rail slug S 406 and CRS20 605 switch in North Vancouver BC. The slug was rebuilt from an MLW RS3 and the 605 was rebuilt from an MLW RS18.