On the first official day of winter, also the shortest day of the year, The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago is seen here doing the morning tradition of shoving their empties into the loader after dumping at the fields just a few miles to the west in McCook, IL. Not many railroads still use SW1’s, and that’s mainly what the Chicago Sanitary District uses after their one MP15AC derailed on July 16, 2020. Ever since then, it’s been daily SW1’s.
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just heritage schemes, not just commemorative schemes - this album is devoted to some of the world's most interesting paint schemes, past or present.
