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As SW1500 1516 switches the north end of Michigan Avenue yard, IHB train 114 with the usual set of matched black GP40-2's rushes past.
East Chicago, IN
Photo by John Eagan
A stop for lunch turned into more shooting when we saw a pair of light units roll by Chicks on the River. A Burlington Junction GP10 and SW1500 lead a train south toward ADM in Quincy.
With a steel mill powerhouse for a backdrop, a Cleveland Works Railway crew pauses while switching gondolas at Seneca Yard along West 3rd Street in Cleveland.
A pair of Central Midland Railway end-cabs, HLCX SW1504 1521 and FURX MP15DC 1550, brush through thick grass and swamp on their eastbound trip from Union to Maryland Heights, MO, in Chesterfield, MO. The CMR runs Monday through Thursday between Union and Maryland Heights, making the eastbound trio on M and W and returning Tue and Thu. Here the crew navigates through a swampy section of track where the track has sunk off into mud and thick grass has entirely submerged the rails. As the train plowed through the brush it kicked up a cloud of pollen from the overgrowth. I had to be careful selecting a spot to shoot from in order not to stay too close to the track, as it was difficult to see the rail right next to me if I was just a few feet from it! As the train plowed through the brush it kicked up a cloud of pollen from the overgrowth
East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Co. SW1500 no. 321B is seen hauling a cut of tank cars across Hook Rd as they finish switching the eastern portion of the iMTT facility on Constable Hook. The railroad operates mostly within the secure perimeter of the terminal, but ventures out across and along the public Hook Rd to access two outlying sections of the complex.
IHB #1516 brings B09's train into Michigan Avenue Yard passing the endangered Conrail-era bracket at CP 100.
A former SP SW1500, now a Watco engine, brings four covered hoppers from 12th St. Yard through BN Crossing on BN 1 on the KCT. After they get behind the signals here and the dispatcher lines their switches, they'll shove back to KCT's Mill St Yard. 11/7/20.
A pair of Southern Pacific SW1500s brings a cut of cars out of Santa Fe's Mormon Yard and heads for the ATSF-SP interchange at Stockton Tower. Meanwhile, brand new SD75M #228 waits for a track warrant west with a train for Richmond.
Stockton, CA
16 July 1995
From left to right we have Via 72, CN L580 and RLHH 496 all converging at Brantford on a snowy February morning back in 2015.
A gaggle of used locomotives sit in the dead lines at Larry's Truck & Electric in McDonald, OH. Lots of interesting units here, including former Duluth Missabe & Iron Range SD38s, SD18s and SDMs, ex BN GP15-1s, ex BNSF SD40-2s, former UP Dash 8s, and a gaggle of end cab switchers ranging from SW8s to MP15s. Also visible in the distance is the hood from one of the two Ann Arbor GP38s sold to LTEX a few years ago.
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The Kaskaskia Regional Port District Railroad has just completed its interchange with CN train L544 south of Lenzburg, IL departing out the branch that leads to Dock #1 on the railroad's namesake river. An 88-car mixed train of loaded gondolas (limestone or some other sandy-like substance) and empty hoppers (presumably for bringing limestone inland) make up the consist.
It is now the year 2025, the year that Call of Duty: Black Ops II takes place, as a Cleveland-Cliffs crew takes an empty NS coal train into Lakefront Yard behind an SW1500 still in Mittal paint and an ex-GMTX GP38-2 acquired shortly before Arcellor Mittal sold the mills to Cleveland-Cliffs. In the background left is an NS coal train destined for CSL and behind that is the former Inland Steel corporate offices built in 1930.
Northbound RF&P Train OJN-1, the Tropicana Orange Juice train, crests Rutherglen Hill at Rutherglen, VA on April 27, 1987 with GP35 No. 138 and GP40-2 No. 147 bracketing SW1500 No. 91. The tonnage of the juice train required 2 1/2 units, therefore No. 91 was frequently used as the "one half."
Pittsburgh and Lake Erie, P&LE U28B #2818- leads #1581-#1576-#1584-#1579, with a northbound coal train on the Monongahela Railway at Pine Bank, Pennsylvania. October 11,1984. Jack D Kuiphoff photo
A couple watches from their side steps as South Chicago & Indiana Harbor SW1500 31 notches up, exiting the Illinois International Port with a string of centerbeams.
The Kaskaskia River Railroad drags a cut of limestone loads across Hillstown Road as they pull down to the CN interchange.
Lenzburg, IL - September 5, 2022.
The WCGR, with a Three Notch GP38-3 leading and an SW1500 trailing, prepares to couple up to a string of tank cars in the siding to take back to Enterprise.
Both of SLR's SW1500's and some power off of that mornings 394 with GP40M-2 3804 on the point bask in the final rays of the days light at Lewiston Junction. After having hopes of a 393 run later that evening, time went on and eventually got to the point where it wasn't worth it anymore.
Foster Townsend Rail Logistics (ex-Manufacturer’s Railway) SW1500 #257 shoves cars upgrade into the Budweiser Brewery at St. Louis, MO on the morning of February 24, 2015.
Sitting on the Main Track of the BNSF Brookfield Sub. at Maxwell trying to get on the NS Kansas City District for the rest of the trip into town is BNSF Train U GALDDC5 11R. Third out is a very peculiar visitor, a sold off CSX SW1500 en route to Western Rail, Inc. on the Pend Oreille Valley Railroad in Northeast Washington for work before being sent out into the WRIX fleet. An old L&N switcher is certainly not something you'd expect to see on this train type, but here we are.
Locomotive: CSXT 1107
3-13-25
Orrick, MO
The North Reading Roustabout is seen passing thru the fields of Berne with a former Lehigh Valley pup leading..
RBMN NRRB
RBMN SW-8M #803
RBMN SW1500 #1548
Sandersville Railroad SW1500 #1400 and slug #90 switch KaMin on the west side of Sandersville, GA on a cold and windy December morning.
Sandersville Railway's Tennille Job shoves a cut of cars from the NS interchange in Tennille, Georgia back into its own yard with an ex-Cotton Belt SW1500 and an ex-Rock Island U25B slug, both in corporate paint.
The pair of Central Midland end-cabs passes the lake in the well kept St. Albans neighborhood. Just behind me is the post office, which appears to have been a train station in the past. Part of a siding is still in place as well.
The Prairie Line's SW1500 1002 provides a pop of bright color to a utilitarian scene as it switches cars in the railroad's yard in St. Louis, MO on December 5, 2020. The train's crew has just completed their switching of the Anheuser-Busch brewery, and following a few more moves, they'll tie up for the day. The wheelsets in the foreground are sitting adjacent to the former Manufacturers Railway engine house, where contract locomotive work is currently performed by Metro East Industries.
The operations of the Denver & Rock Island continue late into winter night in an industrial park in Denver, CO. Here, the Rock Island's EMD SW1500 (exx- Southern Pacific #2480) pulls a heavy load of lumber from one of the industries before shoving them into the clear to pick up more cars.
Cliffs SW1500 309, lettered for INLX, leads a bottle train out of Indiana Harbor. This is a new unit for Indiana Harbor. East Chicago, IN.
Crew change is about to take place as northbound freight #42 arrives at the north end of the yard behind three SD40's, and an SW1500 yard engine stands by.
Or least that's what came to mind for me when I first saw this. Both the C424 and the SW1500 were moving about in the BRC's Clearing yard. It looks like the brakeman riding the steps of the 530 is all business, while the fireman/brakeman wants to discuss how many car lengths he can get for a handicap. Visions of my youth.
A fresh dusting of snow has settled on the ground as a pair of Cleveland Works Railway EMD endcabs make their way through the maze of tracks in the Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works with a cut of cars bound for the repair in place tracks near the engine house.
This trip in late November to Cleveland was filled with somber undertones, as my Grandfather had entered hospice care a few days prior. After a day of conversing with him and the rest of the family, I needed a day away to reset and clear my mind. I found a bit of that relaxation in the industrial maze of the Cleveland Flats, not your typical scenic overlook most "normal" people usually go to to get away. Although the weather wasn't favorable, the fresh layer of snow made for some nice shots around the area, and I returned to hospice for dinner feeling a bit better. I had a nice chat with my Grandfather that evening, and told him all about my day out and showed him some of my drone photos. As always, he was excited to see them and support my hobbies. He passed away a few days later, and I will forever cherish the last conversations I had with him; about trains.
Note freshly painted GP15T #721 behind the SW1500s, only 10 years old on this date, and the yellow AN wood chip cars. To the right and behind this train is coal train 82, preparing to depart for Chattahoochee.
Conrail AL-12, the East Penn Drill, departs Allentown Yard on a gloomy March day.
Conrail WPAL-12:
CR 9586 SW1500
East Jersey Railroad SW1500 321B runs light down the Constable Hook Industrial Track in Bayonne, NJ. The 321B was built for the Southern Railway in 1968 before becoming the "River Street Rambler". EJR is New Jersey's second oldest continuously operating railroad, and operates on roughly two miles of track within the IMTT-Bayonne facility.
A pair of Cleveland Works Railroad SW1500's pull a train of loaded slab cars out of the eastern yard at the Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works steel mill in Cleveland, Ohio. This intra-plant switching railroad will move these slabs over to another part of the complex for rolling.
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Cleveland Cliffs Cleveland Works
Cleveland, OH
Unknown Symbol (Slab Loads; Cleveland, OH)
CRWO 1557 SW1500 Ex. WC 1557, CP 2665 Blt. 1972
CWRO 1556 SW1500 Ex. WC 1556, SP 2652 Blt. 1972
Another frame I like from last Saturday's activities.
ME SW1500 (EMD blt. Oct. 1966 as RFP 91) is making the first of three moves this day as they pull and 11 car train of donated former NYGL equipment up from Dundee Island Yard.
The spire of the Albanian American Islamic Society mosque at the intersection of Cambridge Street provides an interesting backdrop for the historic move.
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Garfield, New Jersey
Saturday October 3, 2020
CSXT GP38-3 6521 and SW1500 1104 disrupt the flow of traffic on the busy Tarragona Street as they pull a single boxcar from W. R. Taylor Brick in downtown Pensacola, Fl. You can see that the crew threw close to ten flares on the street to keep northbound traffic from crossing over the spur while they were switching it. This is one of the last operations of its kind in the entire country, with only a handful of other industries getting served from turnouts in active street trackage. This operation can happen anywhere from once to three times a week and usually at night.
Interestingly, the boxcar was received from Colonial Brick in Halsted, Chicago. Colonial Brick was a customer on Chicago's Lumber District which, along with the spur to this industry, was abandoned in 2015. So either someone is operating on the lumber district again or Colonial Brick now ships from a transloading location. Does anybody have any information on this? Would be interesting to know where Colonial now ships from or, even better, if the lumber district is seeing service again.
The Hershey Shifter was blowing out the carbons as it blasted off to work the chocolate factory on a cold morning in 2004.
The former Conrail SW1500 had a pair of tank cars and a Conrail cabin car along for the ride on the former Reading.
The gates open and TPLX 1002 emerges light power from deep within the Amheuser-Busch brewery after dropping off its three covered hoppers.
I swear this place gives me Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory vibes with its 19th Century buildings and fortifications.
Like a mini-cab forward, one of 4 IHB Gensets leads an SW1500 and a GE GE (and all were under power) on IHB train BA-2. This train runs daily between Michigan Avenue Yard and Blue Island Yard, but also pulls the Gary & Western cars on most days.
Dolton, IL
Photo by John Eagan
St. Lawrence & Atlantic's pair of SW1500s rumble past the power off 394, a trio of Norfolk Southern GEs. This is the first time NS power has ever come down to Lewiston Junction, and while the power itself isn't anything special (an ex-Conrail C40-8W and a pair of C44-9Ws), it was neat to see it here on a shortline in Maine. The SW1500s have a cut of propane to be spotted at DCP Propane, located to the left of enginehouse; propane is one of primary reasons there is enough traffic to keep this end of the line going.
A former Union Pacific SW1500 now in the employ of a huge transload operation in the stix east of St Louis. Operated by trucking company Southern Illinois Motor Xpress, Inc., they handle dry bulk goods such as lime, fly ash, sand, carbon, and food-grade materials. Their yards have a capacity for 940 cars with nearby connections to the Union Pacific and Canadian National Railroads. Scattered about the property I counted three other end cab EMD switchers, a former UP SD40-2 and an ex-GM&O GP38AC of all things. The facilities are located on the grounds of the old Captain Mine operated by the Southwestern Illinois Coal Corporation. This mine was the principal supplier of coal for a power plant at Plaines, Illinois, near Joliet. This plant was operated by Commonwealth Edison. The Gulf Mobile & Ohio RR hauled the coal in unit trains starting in 1964.