Former LV, then Conrail SW8, now MM 780 sits at Maryland Pig Iron in East Chicago. The Lehigh stripes still show through the now fading Conrail blue; despite the shape it’s in, supposedly is sti... (more)

I really like the colors of the three lease companies together, that work for Railserve, on the Kennecott Copper. They are bring down a load of sulfuric acid down from the smelter.

KLWX 8774 rests at the massive Cemex plant in Dittlinger, just south of New Braunfels. This ex-CSX (nee-CR) SD60M has since left the property, replaced by a trio of KLW Tier 4 rebuilds.

Cooperative Producers, Inc. appears to have a new switcher.

The power for the Right Cooperative Association at Wright Kansas awaits the call to duty. The elevator is on BNSF's La Junta subdivision.

The power for the Right Cooperative Association at Wright Kansas awaits the call to duty. The elevator is on BNSF's La Junta subdivision.

Tucked away in rural Minnesota sit two former IMRL GP9's still in their SOO paint. These engines are on sale and can be bought on Facebook Marketplace.

CITX 1542 sits at Blue Diamond awaiting its turn to switch out the sand cars at the facility.

A GATX GP38-2 works to switch cars at one of the small yards that's part of the ADM corn syrup plant complex in Marshall, MN as a northbound BNSF train passes on the main.

A new CSX served asphalt facility near Cairo has inherited former St. Marys Railroad #507. This unit began life in 1952 as Seaboard Air Line locomotive #1800. It became a GP16 after cycling thro... (more)

Scoular Grain GP30 5001 is one of only two GP30s ever built by GMD in Canada – it was originally Canadian Pacific 8201, later renumbered to CP 5001 before being sold to SCOX, which retained the ... (more)

Leased to the Frontier Cooperative Company's grain elevator in rural Nebraska is the former Belt Railway of Chicago GP7 473. After the BRC disposed of this Geep, it became Merchants Despatch Tran... (more)

Since the mid-90's, ACL 648 has worked the spur here, once Standard Sand & Silica, then Rinker, now Cemex. Restored by the Florida Railroad Museum, replacing the SCL 130 markings it had for a whi... (more)

From a high up areal view inside of U.S. Steel Gary Works Plant, a former EJ&E SW1200, 317 is seen shuffling some molten steel around the plant as sunset is underway.

A mix of switchers sit at the shuttered Granite City Steel plant. There are SW9s, SW1200s and an SW1500 sitting here. The plant has been closed since November 2023. This photo was taken from a ... (more)