Returning to the mill with empties, Smurfit Newsprint Corporation's ex-Rock Island SW9 rolls through downtown Newberg, Oregon. The job had just switched out the interchange with Willamette & Paci... (more)

Willamette & Pacific's McMinnville Switcher arrives at Newberg with empties for the pulp mill. The Smurfit switch engine had brought loads up from the mill, and will return with the empty cars WP... (more)

At Newberg, Oregon the Smurfit Newsprint Corporation had a railroad that ran a little over a mile from their pulp mill to the Southern Pacific. Most the line ran in the middle of Newberg's Blaine ... (more)

With multiple yard towers occupied, it is a busy day at Collinwood Yard. While a SW9 traverses lite through the yard, a manifest freight is seen entering the yard behind it. Bob Zwiers photo.

After the Conrail consolidation, Lehigh Valley’s EMD switchers generally stayed in along the ex-LV lines until they were retired. Five months into Conrail, five dynamic brake equipped SW8’s pa... (more)

The Juniata Valley Railroad is seen switching out cars along Industrial Park Road.

Laying over for the weekend at Darby Creek.

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local picks up two loads from the loader at McWilliams, Pennsylvania. One crewman waits to re-bend the iron while two others are ready to make the hitch.

Reflections on a Silt Pond

Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookville local passes a silt pond near the loader at Markle, Pennsylvania. The green water in the pond still provides a reasona... (more)

With a trainload of coal from various lineside mines, Pittsburg & Shawmut’s Brookeville local returns to Brookville on a February afternoon. Four P&S SW9’s lead the train onto the massive tres... (more)

L&S SW9 1201 heads south through Wilkes-Barre on the way to the NS interchange at Buttonwood. As of today, August 9 2020, it was announced that RJ Corman would be purchasing the L&S. Further more,... (more)

On my railfan roadtrip to Pennsylvania I made a point to check out this little railroad in Lewistown, PA. Driving along Roundhouse Rd I was shocked to see a highballing NS intermodal train pass by... (more)

ADMX SW9 #9012 stands by at ADM in Clymers, IN for the next empty grain train to show up. This SW9 was built as GTW 7012 in 1952.

Conrad Yelvington's SW9 works the CSX Kaley Yard near downtown Orlando. Though one of the more obscure facets of Florida railfanning, Conrad Yelvington's locations throughout the state offer a var... (more)