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Seaview SW-7 #5 spots some loaded auto-racks at NORAD's Davisville, RI, unloading yard. The headout car is a still fairly fresh, and graffiti-less, Providence and Worcester auto-rack; the previous owner of the little EMD switcher.
November 2013
Davisville, RI.
"Switcher Saturday"
From last summer, on July 3, 2024, GMTX SW1500 #173 -- one of two engines currently in use on VRS-owned New York & Ogdensburg -- leads its one-car train west for Ogdensburg, NY, crossing the Raquette River at Norwood.
This line between Ogdensburg and Norwood has quite the interesting history. Originally built as the Ogdensburg and Lake Champlain (O&LC), it was most famously a part of the Rutland Railroad, ran across the very top of New York State, then came down the "Island Line" to Burlington. Today, everything between Norwood and Burlington is gone, leaving this small portion the only remnant. Before VRS came along, this line was operated by the St. Lawrence & Raquette River, and -- for a brief period of time before that -- the Ogdensburg & Norwood.
(For the record, the above was NOT copied and pasted from Wikipedia. It's just stuff I've memorized at this point, and -- for me -- trying to hold it back is like trying to hold back a sneeze...)
NYOG
Norwood, NY
July 3, 2024
Montana Rail Link Train 844-19 switches the Graymont facility at Townsend on 10/19/2022.
Lime is mined and produced at a mine to the west of here, which is then trucked and transloaded onto rail cars here.
I was lucky to catch the 109 leading, since it had been out of service for most of my trip and went down again not long after.
Montana Rail Link
Train: 840-19 (Helena Local)
10/19/2022
Townsend, Montana
MRL 2nd Subdivision
Conemaugh & Black Lick SW7 #104 pulls an empty wire coil gondola from Building 112 just North of the JWF Industries complex on a freezing January morning in Johnstown, PA. The old structure was once part of the vast Bethlehem Steel complex that shuttered its remaining operations in the early 90s. It's great to see such an old brick structure still receiving rail cars; I believe the Johnstown Wire plant receives cars here while also utilizing a direct spur to their plant located on the West side of the Conemaugh River. They seem to be going through somewhat of a dry spell currently as the plant itself hasn't gotten any loads in a few weeks it appears. Thanks to Keith for helping with some info on the operation! Johnstown, PA
I can't say that I have seen a single tunnel motor used to spot cars. However that is exactly what was happening here. Rio Grande tunnel motor 5377 was doing exactly that with some tank cars on a spur in Price, UT.
An Indiana Rail Road conductor just climbed off one of the company's SD9043MACs so he can throw a switch in Switz City, Indiana. The crew ran down from Hiawatha Yard with a short cut of cars to drop here as the sun starts to peak over the trees.
Switching action on the Indiana Harbor Belt: RP15BDF 1514 shoves a long string of cars into the west end of Blue Island Yard, while SW1500 waits to pull out across the CSX diamonds at CP Harvey for headroom.
Four of CN's four-axles engine fleet are at the helm of local job L538, doing some switching at the east end of Coteau yard's track Q068.
After the switching done, the crew of three will pick up their train built into track Q065 and head toward the Valleyfield subdivision in order to serves the daily needs of Valleyfield industries.
CN L53821-12
4777 GTW 6226 4802 9410
Coteau Yard - Milepost 38.3 Kingston subdivision
Coteau-du-Lac,QC
August 12 2021
In the Novara Boschetto yard both private and national operators provide the shunting services.
Here the SerFer G2000.02 and D245.2275 are staging before coming back to switch freight trains. (19/9/16)
A pair of S&S Leasing switchers shove a cut of stacks onto the lead to UP's Centennial Business Park at the east end of UP's Salt Lake City intermodal facility. The switchers, of Milwaukee Road and MStL heritage, are leased by the contractor that switches the ramp for UP.
SSRX SD40-2 #1414
SSRX GP9 #116
Salt Lake City, UT
April 24th, 2023
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A late running 6M31 09:53 Hunslet Tilcon Sdgs - Arcow Quarry hauled by GBRf 60087 “Ingleborough” passes Switchers Farm near Otterburn, on approach to Hellifield.
Having departed Hunslet some 100+ minutes behind schedule, it was down to 67 late passing Shipley however, on approaching Skipton it got routed into the loop, despite nothing needing to overtake, after an anxious wait, 6M31 got the route north passing the camera around 92 late, probably a blessing in disguise being late.
January 2025.
Otter Tail Valley's local makes the usual stop on the way back to Fergus in S Moorhead. They have 3 customers on this short branch and two are being serviced today. The last car is a load of lumber for Sprenger and the other two centerbeams are for Drywall Supply.
It was a quick switching stop today, but sometimes they can work this branch for as long as three hours. If you see the local leave Dilworth with 10+ loaded centerbeams and nothing is sorted, that's your answer on switching time.
After switching out Coke, CP G95 is heading through Lachine IMS Yard to get back to St-Luc Yard. Normally they would go back to the main line going the other direction, but CP 112 was coming and would follow CP G95 into the yard. CMQ 3817 is leading as they pass containers and well cars.
In Palmer, MA, a pair of former Canadian National wide cab GP40s work as the New England Central Palmer switcher on Friday, January 24, 2025. The second locomotive wears a special paint scheme honoring veterans.
6002 is an SD40T-2, originally built for the Southern Pacific. Seen here switching at Guardian with several other Lancaster and Chester units.
Mass Coastal 2008 is seen at Maritime Terminal Inc. switching out a reefer car in busy New Bedford, MA.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
323210 rolls into Four Oaks with 2O45 Lichfield Trent Valley High Level to Bromsgrove with the former platform lighting control switch taking centre stage removed and rusted up it's certainly switched out.
2021 represents a significant milestone in the history of the Phoenix Railway-Photographic Circle with the celebration of our 50th anniversary. Phoenix was set up in spring 1971 and was created to promote an alternative approach to railway photography. Why not take a look at the PRPC web site at www.phoenix-rpc.co.uk/index.html.
A pair of Union Pacific Geeps pull a single gondola from Seattle Iron & Metals onto South Garden Street along UP's East Marginal Way industrial lead. Seattle Iron & Metals is one of the busier customers along the line, receiving cars usually three days a week. The spur to the left has been dormant for a few months now but used to be probably the busiest customer on the E Marginal Way lead, receiving boxcars, reefers, and tank cars on an almost daily basis. Unfortunaltely the customer appears to have moved out or closed shop completely very recently and the spur is now used only occasionally to swap out scrap metal cars. I was lucky to catch them here just before sundown this day as they hadn't gotten to this customer until after dark the previous few attempts. Seattle, WA
For this switcher Sunday, we're in Tulsa Oklahoma on May 22, 1980 and see an SW7 drilling the rear end of a freight that had come into Cherokee Yard from the east. This was a quick stop over for me on the way home from a year long work assignment in Texas. I was anxious to get home but Tulsa deserved a lot more time. Sadly, I've not been back.
Mon River Industrial Group engine 'Marla' poses on a short train of sand cars at the railroads transload facility in Allenport, PA.
The engine was temporarily lettered and numbered 28, its original Monessen South Western number, during the organized WGRF event with the permission of the railroad.
Photo taken on private property with permission