Imagine my suprise when I just pulled off the interstate on a business trip, not expecting much, and these were there, still in the scheme of their prior owner.

Louisville & Nashville SW9 #2285 was built April 1951

GP 30 #1321 in background.

The northbound P&S BVL-1 (Brookville Local) was pulling into Dora, PA on June 5, 1991 with two SW9s and a GP7. The train spent over an hour working a modern tipple here before proceeding north.

Built as Conemaugh and Black Lick 119 in 1952, this SW9's current coastal home is a little bit different than the mountains and steel mills that it used to call home in Johnstown. Here the unit re... (more)

Empties have been swapped for loads at a small coal tipple near Colwell, Pa on June 5, 1991 and northbound P&S KGL-1 (Kittanning Local) prepares to depart with SW9s No's. 1891 and 1949.

A northbound P&S coal train makes its way along the railroad near Mohican, PA on August 25, 1979 with SW9s No's. 1774 (Ben Franklin) and 1776 (Betsy Ross).

ICG SW9 #437 awaiting its next work at Waterloo, Iowa || June 1975

WAMX 910 sits in the scrap yard next to the unmistakeable golden rail box.

The 8923, built for the New York Central in 1951, was H&MC's backup unit for their regular SW9, the 8933, for several years, but to my knowledge, it spent most or all of that time sitting behind a... (more)

The ACR had a pair of SW9's numbered 140-141. The 141 was more of the problem child of the pair and was gone before the WC takeover. The two SW's never ventured far from Steelton. The 140 was renu... (more)

BN 268 has ran through the connection with some Milwaukee Road interchange and after backing over the BN to use the crossover the 268 heads east toward the Milwaukee yard. Why the train has crosse... (more)