Back in more prosperous days, this unit was looking good but was probably already surplus as the caps on the stacks would suggest. Already there was a bunch of newer EMD products on the property.
The Chicago Terminal cuts off its gondola and heads for big bay lumber to pick up a loaded centerbeam before returning north. The Terminal runs here to Goose Island as needed, usually 1 or 2 times... (more)
Geneva Steel SW9 #43 shuffles a load of coil around the Vineyard mill. GS 43 was built the DMIR (Duluth Missabe & Iron Range) #11 in 1953, later working for the Carbon County Railway at the Horse ... (more)