This well faded and seldom photographed GM-Central Foundry's SW1001 spent it's life inside the plant switching scrap gons. With in a few years it was replaced by a leased unit and then by trucks. ... (more)
The venerable Harold protects leave Jamaica station to go stand guard at the east river tunnels should any help be needed.
A MonConn crew takes a break from switching the CSX "Coke Express" at the long-gone Hazelwood Plant.
Proof that even a simple scheme can look good (and "businesslike") with big numbers, a herald and a sill stripe.
A Newburgh & South Shore Switcher backs a cut of gons into one of the mill's buildings.
A CROW switcher runs through the yard to find its train. It's impressive how small the train looks next to the factories that once dominated this town. Now, this is only a small portion of what i... (more)
An older switcher sits at the CWRO engine facility, on the East Bank of the Flats
2100 is waiting for another group of switcher to finish their job, so that he can finish the train that 6788 will be hauling into the night.
Another CROW train of empty flat cars works its way around Mittal Steel to its next assignment.
The 'Crow' is seen here loading five bottle cars at Mittal's Cleveland blast furnace. The new Mittal sign looks very out of place on these old massive bottle cars, which in all likelihood entered ... (more)