Perhaps the most cheerful looking thing in Alton (sorry C of C) this TRRA alumnus is one of the switchers shuffling cars at a large metals recycler. Taken with permission, PEP etc.

Built in June 1964 as Terminal Railroad Association 1229, this EMD SW1200 later became Lange-Stegmann Company 1229, then Foster Townsend Rail Logistics 1229, before being sent south to Gulf Coast ... (more)

Plant power for Alton Steel takes it easy on this beautiful afternoon. We have a pair of Gulf Coast Rail Services SW1200's and a GP9R that still wears Grand Trunk paint. The two SW1200's are forme... (more)