It's a very small section, but the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago performs some street running here in Forest View, where the MWRDGC tracks and Canal Bank Road come tog... (more)

This is where the magic happens. SW1 #3 shoves 13 empties into track 3 at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's treatment plant in Stickney, IL. Loaded side dump cars ar... (more)

A sight that'll never get old to me is the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago's SW1's leading trains. It's even nicer when they have a larger train and run with a pair of u... (more)

Cosmetic restoration work nears completion on the 9408, looking her best in several decades thanks to the labor of several dedicated volunteers at the Railway Museum of Greater Cincinnati.

It's business as usual on the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago as #'s 3 and 2 lead 26 empties under Harlem Avenue in Forest View. The 26 side dump cars were recently dump... (more)

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, or the “Chicago Sanitary District” makes their way back east to homebase in Stickney after unloading 26 cars at the fields in Mc... (more)

The Oregon Rail Heritage Unit excursion train rolls past former Northern Pacific caboose 1735, which now serves as seating for the Mount Hood Brewing Company Tilikum Station. Locomotive 100 was bu... (more)

The Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago had quite a few cars ready to head out of their Stickney plant this morning, so SW1's 2 and 3 had a busy morning and afternoon ahead.... (more)

The Thermal Belt Railway's motive power rests at the company's yard in Bostic, NC.

SP 1006, a beautifully restored SW1, looks sharp this warm, spring afternoon as it takes part in a mini "run one" session. Folks visiting the Southern California Railway Museum were invi... (more)

CNW 1278 was always a favorite switch engine to see around Eau Claire and Altoona in the 1960's and early 1970's. Usually it was parked between runs at Eau Claire, but one of its chores was to han... (more)

On a extremely cold winter morning, CSDX 3 shoves empties into the Metropolitan Water Reclamation plant in Stickney.

In September 1984, near East St. Louis, the yard parallel along 14th Street in Granite City, Illinois, at the south end of the sprawling complex of Granite City Division of National Steel hosts a ... (more)

After dumping 13 cars, #3 makes its way to the mainline to prepare its runaround of the train. Closing in on its 69th year of service, #3 has been handling the brunt of the work for the past month... (more)

Shortly after passing under the Indiana Harbor Belt mainlines, the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago makes an afternoon run with 7 loads for the fields. With SW1 #3 leadin... (more)