ARGENTINE KS May 2 1982 — Santa Fe slug 129 was built by EMD (s/n 25408) in July 1959 for Union Pacific as SD24B 420B. UP retired the unit in April 1978 and sold it in August 1978 to Naporano Ir... (more)

Union Pacific Slug S4 began life as cabless EMD UP GP9B No. 316B that was constructed in September 1957. After the locomotive was retired in August 1975, it was rebuilt into Slug S4 for hump yard ... (more)

Tom Golden photo.

Created from an old Baldwin switcher, slug 3009 is fresh from Railway Supply Company. RSCo utilized the former Western Railway of Alabama shops for their slug rebuilds, and other refurbs and conv... (more)

Back when CP was still cool, a mother/daughter set is heading back down into the bowl after putting a block of cars away in the departure track.

Tom Golden photo.

Louisville & Nashville road switcher/slug combinations face off in Corbin, Kentucky. A U25B and slug are in the foreground, while an RS-36 paired with a cut-down RS3 point the opposite way in the ... (more)

Sandersville NS interchange job pulls high through Tennile as they switch up their outbound interchange. Slug #90 was head out and was originally built as CRIP U25B #210

Sandersville NS interchange job pulls high through Tennile as they switch up their outbound interchange. Slug #90 was head out and was originally built as CRIP U25B #210

With slug 478 up front, IHB SW1500 1522 is working hard as it powers a Harbor transfer from Blue Island Yard to UP's Yard Center. UP SD40N 1651 is along for the ride and will be dropped upon arriv... (more)

Cleaning up after a derailment. Intermodal train CN 148 derailed on CN's Wharf Spur early this morning and the cleanup continued throughout the day today. Here Port of Montreal power (POM 2... (more)

Slug first. Slug CN 218 and GP9 CN 7228 have just arrived at Southwark Yard with grain empties from the Port of Montreal.

One of the IHB's power boosters, PB4, is seen with the Harbor's Centennial GP38-2, 3801, switching autoracks on the west end of Gibson Yard. Tom Golden photo.

Westbound CSX pushers, running on NS trackage rights, wait in the short stub siding at Glenita as unit coal train NS 720 rolls by on the main line. In earlier years, the guarry in the background s... (more)

Slug 2204, GP40-2 mate 6450 and GP38-2 2523 shove on the rear of an eastbound coal train on the bridge over Powell River allowing CSX to access NS trackage rights between Big Stone Gap, Virginia a... (more)