Birdsboro Steel’s 45-tonner stands outside the foundry and fabrication complex in Birdsboro, PA. Birdsboro steel had three steelmaking furnace complexes in its history. The third, located across... (more)
Situated between the Lehigh Valley main line and the Lehigh River, and under the Tilghman Street bridge in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Lehigh Structural Steel was one of countless small steel fabric... (more)
An engineer is his own brakeman as he walks ahead in the rain to throw a switch so his 45-tonner can proceed. The life of a small industrial operation....
I railfanned with my cousin Bob Markle quite a bit over the years, especially in the 1970's and 1980's. Bob is a fan of industrials and shortlines, and scoured the pages of The Short Line and Extr... (more)
Mid-Continent's 45 tonner takes the day off sitting in the yard at North Freedom.
Union Tank Car's repair facility in Evanston, Wyoming, has three General Electric switchers to switch cars. UTC 1301 is GE 45-ton locomotive with a dropcab for tight clearances (this is a former m... (more)
Long out of service, Consolidated Rock Products (aka Conrock) GE 45-Ton locomotive 1833 sits in a corner of the company's facility in Irwindale, California, in April 1981. Built in November 1941 ... (more)
URHS GE 45-ton locomotive "Capitan Bill" and New York Central tavern-lounge 43 rest outside of the Star Track/URHS restoration facility.
Cass Scenic 45-tonner No. 20 served as the shop switcher for many seasons; it was built as US Army 7937 and was originally used at the Weldon Springs, Missouri, Ordnance Depot. Now stripped down ... (more)
As the clouds and cold wind move in off Lake Superior on a late November afternoon, the two man crew working at Holcim Cement wrap up the days duties of unloading a ship and then loading and stag... (more)
1949 built GE switchers stand at Barreiro shed in 1993. Portugal had a large fleet of American locos including several classes of ALCos.
Empties In... Loads Out.
Colorful Salt Lake Garfield & Western equipment waits a call to duty near the coal conveyor that serves the Gadsby power plant in Salt Lake City.
This little GE 45-ton basks in the morning light and serves the ADM facility in Brookston, Indiana.