BN NW2 465 and SW1200 216 sun themselves outside the Interbay roundhouse in Seattle. The 465 sported a steam era headlight, and the former GN switcher dates back to July 1939. BN 216 is a former N... (more)

Niles Canyon Railway's Southern Pacific NW2 switcher poses in the sun next to the two semaphores just south of the Sunol terminal.

A pair of venerable IHB NW2s brings an autorack train west from Gibson Yard past Hohman Tower. Tom Golden photo.

The car ferry 'Badger' leans to the starboard side as a C & O switch crew gently places a cut of cars onboard, loading for a WB trip to Kewaunee, WI.

Former C&NW 1003 is passing through backyards in Boone as it takes headroom on the electrified trackage that links the B&SV's Boone Station to downtown.

NW2 2213 brings two boxcars and a cab through the railroad gulch on the west side of downtown Nashville.

Fresh from the paint shop, IHB 8830 works with an OSHA Orange NW2 in East Chicago. Tom Golden photo.

When you think of BN and/or Streator IL, you likely think 'big-time' railroading. You would not be wrong, but there was another side to Streator and the former CB&Q, as seen in this photo of Q's ... (more)

The Reading and Northern’s corporate roots are the Blue Mountain & Reading, a 13-mile short line connecting Hamburg with a connection with Conrail at Temple, Pennsylvania. Later developing an ex... (more)

Delivered as Lake Terminal 1009 in January 1948, this NW2 appears to have been well-tended over its 25 years of service. I think Acipco had another EMD switcher in orange and green.

Wabash EMD NW2 switchers numbered 347-352. Al Holtz photographer, from my collection.

Here is the switcher lineup at South Plainfield yard on March 6, 1976. NW2 181, SW900 122, and two other switchers await their next assignment. In the background is the new yard office, a pre-fab... (more)

Built in April 1948, Union Pacific NW2 1083 is looking good in the railroad’s latest paint scheme, which features the railroads shield on the cab. UP 1083 has retained its original single chime... (more)

a Laurinburg & Southern carcass of undetermined number sits uout her final days before inevitable scrapping

In April of 1983, Conrail 9232, an EMD NW-2, is working for its third owner. It was originally built in 1949 as Erie 425, and then became the Erie Lackawanna 425. Shown here, working the QD yard j... (more)