"Whippany Drill"

On a hot August morning, two Morristown based crews were out drilling Whippany yard with NS 3031 on the West end and WT 738 on the East end. The yard... (more)

This was an odd find. Out in the middle of farmers fields is this feed mill with this national steel corporation SW 1 on a display track. There was no connection of track on either end where t... (more)

In continuation of their 50th anniversary celebration, the Black River and Western Railroad decided to make their own "heritage unit." Former Lehigh Valley SW1 #112 has been repainted fr... (more)

ex-Lehigh Valley 112, after years of ownership by the Black River and Western Railroad has been repainted, for a limited time, into a special livery for their 50th open season as a tourist railroa... (more)

The Mother's Day Dinner train is getting ready to depart from Greenbank, overseen by a steam locomotive tire on display. The EMC SW1 in the background began life with the Lehigh Valley.

D&R 16, still working at age 73, takes a southbound train down the hill toward the yard at North Dardanelle. The crest of the line is about three-fourths of a mile behind 16. There is a bit of a... (more)

The Dardanelle & Russellville wasn't running on this day, affording an opportunity to capture its entire roster of Electro-Motive switchers on one photo. From left to right are SC 14, SW7 17, SW1 ... (more)

Both of these Dardanelle & Russellville switchers are backed all of the way into the engine shelter. It's interesting that only a portion of these relatively small engines fit under the roof.

"Preparing the Lehigh Limited"

With Morristown and Erie's 110th anniversary excursion only days away, the yard in Whippany was at capacity with 13 Private cars there o... (more)

A old U.S Steel switcher sits in Pine Yard.

ex CR 8480, exx PC 8480, nee NYC 683

Amtrak SW1 No. 732 switches four baggage cars at Harrison Street Tower at the south throat trackage of Chicago Union Station in a view from the now-gone Polk Street overpass. This tower which toda... (more)

One crew member waits in SW1 15, while his colleague uses Alco 18 to shove cars into one leg of the Union pacific wye. A third crew member is getting cars on the other leg of the wye (dropped ear... (more)

Built by then-new EMD (formed by the merger of General Motors' EMC and part of Winton Engine on January 1, 1941) in December 1941, Amtrak SW1 737 is still alive and well 73 years later! Th... (more)