“Capt. John O’Donnell”
CTN 47, Canton Railroad’s SW900 “Capt. John O’Donnell”, is tied down for the weekend at the road’s (then) headquarters on Boston Street.

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SAND SPRINGS OK March 30 1980 — Sand Springs Railway SW 900 101 awaits its call to work as it sits at the engine house. The 101 was purchased by the railroad in 1956. My photo.

Alcan (now Rio Tinto) operates a large aluminum smelter in northern B.C. This is the plant switcher.

Great Lakes Locomotive #6 is seen at the Shenandoah Valley Railroad interchange with Norfolk Southern in Pleasant Valley, Va. This switcher is bound for Precision Locomotive Services in Staunton... (more)

Republic Steel EMD switchers work their way around the steel mill in Cleveland, Ohio in September 1981. A molten metal car is in the foreground.

Before the acquisition of a small fleet of road switchers, South Carolina shortline Lancaster & Chester’s roster had been dominated by EMD switchers for several decades. Here SW900 91 stands nea... (more)

Shoved out in the weeds behind a Cement plant, this ex-Grand Trunk Western SW900 (GTW 7266) appears to have been replaced by track mobiles.

CP 6719 and its crew prepare to spot a mechanical reefer at Portage La Prairie, MB on a lovely June 16, 1986. The reefer displays CP's classy script lettering and silver paint with black ends.

Vermont Rail System has actively been marketing new industrial sites along its affiliate railroads and on July 30, the newest industry to locate on the VRS is seen being serviced by the New York &... (more)

CP 6719 switches a few freight cars near the Portage La Prairie, Manitoba depot on a beautiful June day in 1986. The switcher hints of a simplified paint scheme program where CP Rail begins to dro... (more)

CORX C988 was built in 1938 (SW) and then was rebuilt in 1957 as a SW900. The engine performed switching duties at the Coors Brewing Company plant in Golden, Colorado. It was donated to the Color... (more)

A E&E local freight switches a cement distribution facility at Sioux Falls, SD on Oct. 9, 2013 w/ SW900 No. 17 and SW1200RS No. 7.

\W&W 915 switches out Marshallton Yard on a chilly day after some April showers.

On a very cold day in Delaware, WWRR 915 brings up a birthday party Caboose Charter. After a slight problem with the food, 915 will wait in Ashland before Brakeman Schilling takes it back to Green... (more)