I was a newcomer to Seattle in summer 1974, and a GN fan. What a pleasant surprise it was to come across GN 98, an SW8 built a few weeks after I was born, in June 1951, still wearing its GN number... (more)

DRIR #553 shoves two cars up towards Iron & Metals along a heavily industrialized portion of Franklin Street north of the former Denver Union Stockyards. Built in July of 1938, DRIR #553 was or... (more)

Former Algoma Central GMD SW8, now WC 900, is parked near the turn table at North Fond du Lac's Shops Yard. The unit pretty road worn and was sort of an orphan on the WC. It appears WC sold this u... (more)

A Conrail SW8 is seen moving light after having spotted several Amtrak cars at Union Station. Tom Golden photo.

USSX #1248, a vintage SW8, shoves on a cut of steel cars at US Steel's Granite City Works. #1188 has been sitting in that same spot, tied onto that same crane for at least a few years now. One has... (more)

When the current Oregon Pacific Railroad began operating on the former Molalla Branch of the Southern Pacific, it did so as the Molalla Western Railroad. A few months after the transfer, a trainl... (more)

The tight spacing of Packinghouse Road is evident as the Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW8 navigates the tracks along the busy road.

Denver Rock Island Railroad's #553 (SW8) continues to serve clients in the Stockyards area while demolition continues around them. In the distance we see the iconic Armour water tower that has be... (more)

The Denver Rock Island Railroad's SW8 pulls a cut of gondolas past the historic 1898 Exchange Building. The stockyards area continues to be transformed, with the buildings and trees that previous... (more)

Not too long after departing the railroad’s facilities at Sugar Junction near Monte Vista, Colorado, San Luis Central No. 70 plods along with a northbound freight on the morning of May 24, 2007.... (more)

Chicago Terminal crosses Fullerton Ave. with a car for Peerless Candy. The Chicago Terminal operated former Milwaukee/CP industrial trackage north and south from Goose Island on the near NW side ... (more)

Denver Rock Island Railroad's 553 (SW8) is working an area of the stockyards that has undergone a major transformation. Gone now are these trees, which have been removed in advance of nearly $1B ... (more)

The transformation of the area in Denver known as "The Stockyards" is progressing, with many of the industrial buildings having already been demolished. Here we see the Denver Rock Island Railroa... (more)

Central Kansas Railway was a company that operated former Santa Fe branch lines in Western Kansas. Through a series of consolidations and sales the lines once operated by the railroad are now oper... (more)

LV SW8 #276 brings a local into Bound Brook for some work in early spring 1972. Built in 1952, #276 survives today as Reading and Northern 801. Not sure if I was with my father on this day, but ... (more)