Amtrak "SW1000R" 792, seen in the carrier's Ivy City facility, was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division as Montour SW9 73 in May 1952. This SW9 was later sold to Youngstown &... (more)
Boston & Maine SW9 1223 was built by General Motors Electro-Motive Division in January 1952. EMD built 815 of these 1200 horsepower switchers – 786 for American owners, and 29 in Canada for ope... (more)
A surviving SBD item of L&N heritage. It has recently moved to the collection in Oak Ridge, TN which also is home to an ex-L&N GP30 in SBD paint.
Steam killer. Though it gets less credit than the GP9 this model drove a stake into the heart of many a steam switcher roster. Photo by Jim Satterwhite. From my collection.
Mount Vernon Terminal Railway SW9 # 1200. The current short line was part of a larger interurban that once connected to both the GN and NP mainlines in the area. The railroad now occupies about ... (more)
The Elbow Lake Co-op's SW9, leased from Independent Locomotive Service, works to load another shuttle train for CPKC on a July morning in west central Minnesota.
Capital District Waterfront Railroading. The Albany Port Railroad is jointly owned by CSX and CPKC, and serves the waterfront adjacent freight lines that spiral throughout the port, providi... (more)
A rare Farmrail SW9 sits in Clinton waiting for its next assignment.
CIRR power wait for their call to duty.
This old ex-L&N butthead was saved by some miracle and looks pretty good.
Photo by unknown, from my collection.
Ex-Jersey Central Line.
Ex-Reading Lines.
They offered me a ride but I had to be somewhere. Lousy luck. Unit was leased.
Two former Erie Lackawanna NW2s and an SW9 await their next assignments in their old home territory of Croxton Yard (the Erie Railroad's big New York area yard). Before being patched and numbered ... (more)
