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Maine Northern Railway Train 900-14 makes some switching moves at Skerry Siding on the Madawaska Subdivision.
Out of view behind the train is a massive sawmill owned by Maine Northern's parent company J.D. Irving. The mill makes up a large portion of MNR's traffic, shipping logs to Woodland, lumber, and chips for Irving's papermills in Saint John. Having just spotted a cut of empty chip cars, an army of front end loaders has already started the process of loading the empties. Roughly 50 chip cars, around 20 log cars, and 9 center beams can be loaded at a time. Depending on demand, the mill can be switched on both the north bound and southbound leg of 900's journey.
The empty log cars on the head end are destined for the yard at Fort Kent, where they will be loaded by the TNT Road Company which harvests for Irving Woodlands. Others will go to Irving's Grande-Riviere sawmill in Saint-Leonard, NB to be loaded there.
Maine Northern Railway
Train: 900-14
1/14/2024
Skerry, ME
MNR Madawaska Subdivision
CSXT D795-19 is switching Dal-Tile near Granite Station PA along the Hanover Subdivision, March 19, 2021.
Ilford Delta 400
CN 7229 & CN 4700 do some switching in the Pointe St-Charles Yard six years ago today. The dwarf signals at right are on the connecting tracks of the Montreal Sub. Surprisingly they have still not been replaced at present.
A pair of UP MP15ACs (both originally MILW) slowly approach 9th St. while switching ARM-DAT in KC's West Bottoms. The actual office for ARM-DAT is off camera to the left, but this long-ago vacant building, which obviously was a bar or liquor store, provides a more interesting view, especially with the old Schlitz sign.
The track actually runs down the middle of State Line Rd (out of frame to the right), so depending on which side of the locomotive the crew would get off on, they would be either on the KS side or the MO side.
Pabst Brewing Company now produces Schlitz and Old Milwaukee.
A pair of IC geeps lead CN local L508 onto the single track at Byron, WI on the railroad's Waukesha Sub. The train will stop ahead to begin work at the Quad plant located here.
Fully Charged Live! returned to the Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre at the end of April 2022. Although no buses were on display at the show, the park & ride services provided a real mix of vehicles to enjoy including brand new electric Yutongs for Newport Bus, rare Higer Steeds from Big Lemon, and a number of local independent operators pooling together to provide a link to the main car park in Rushmoor Arena.
Laying over on a slow Sunday, BNSF 2661 sits outside the shops for Metra's BNSF Line and the Zephyr Pit. Since BNSF is the operator for Metra trains to Aurora, they also provide power for switching at Chicago Union Station.
BNSF GP39-3 #2661
Chicago, IL
June 12th, 2022
The second ITT Hub (Innovation & Technology in Transport) show took place in Farnborough in early May 2022. ITT Hub is the annual meeting place for the commercial road transport sector, bringing together the latest innovation and technology for bus, coach, truck, van, last mile and autonomous vehicle fleets.
From the bus world there were displays from Alexander Dennis, BYD, Caetano, Dawson Group, Equipmake, Iles Bus, Mellor, Switch, Volvo, Wrightbus and Yutong (Pelican).
Canadian National SD70M-2 No.8931 and C40-8W No. 2716 cross the Fraser River from the west bank to the east bank with a westbound intermodal service on 21st September 2016.
The nearer bridge carries the CP line across the river from the west bank to the east bank. Thus, CN and CP lines switch banks at this point with the CP line going underneath the CN line at the steel arch bridge.
For operational convenience, CN and CP share tracks between Kamloops and Vancouver with westbound trains taking the CN track while eastbound trains take the CP track, presumably to increase capacity through the area. On this particular day I saw over a dozen trains heading in the westbound direction between about 10am and 5pm, a mix of intermodal, mixed freight and coal. Most were at least 2 miles in length, which to me is a phenominal amount of freight traffic. There were fewer trains heading eastbound during my time in the area.
Entrances to Switch House East, one of the apartment complexes within the re-purposed, Grade II* listed Battersea Power Station. London Borough of Wandsworth.
Old and weathered switch gears provide a foreground for CP train 281 as it slowly creeps out of the Milwaukee Depot.
Photo Credit: Amy
NYS&W WS-4 with SD45-2 3618 switches the Campgaw Siding in Franklin Lakes, NJ, just after sunset. The engineer carefully shoves back towards the hitch while crossing Pulis Ave.
MER 710 Begins to spot cars around Essetle Corp. to prepare for the next customer they will have to switch, after it’s done doing its switching it will cause a nice traffic jam before heading down the main back to Lakeland
I am always a sucker for end-cab switchers. On Sunday, March 9, 2025, I stopped by the Sand Springs Railway in the city of the same name. The former electric interurban line west of Tulsa, Oklahoma, now serves a variety of industries.
I made two previous visits to the SS, one in 1965 and another in 1994. The latter included an excursion over the whole line. But on this visit, I was surprised that the SS is now in the OmniTrax camp. From what I can determine, the railroad operates with two ex-ICG SW14 switchers, Nos 142 and 143. This one was spotless and appears well cared for.
There is an SS logo on the cab side, but it is in black on a dark blue background, so it is nearly invisible.
The WNYP's ME-1 crew shoves back to the yard in Meadville after switching out the Ainsworth dog food plant on the west side of town. Although the rail scene in Meadville is only a shadow of what it once was, it is nice to see Alcos holding down the railroad.
Montana Rail Links Townsend local is seen switching out hopper cars at the Broadwater County Transfer Station in Townsend, MT. With dusk quickly approaching, the crew is working with their ex Northern Pacific GP9 and Ex Burlington Northern SD45 to finish their work and clear the main for a WB BNSF freight...8/17/22
A trio of EMD's work a cut of storage tanks on the east side of Coulee City and are about to head into town to start doubling up the grain Shuttle. The brakeman is hiding in the thick weeds waiting to count down the train clear the switch.
Switching gears for a while! Won't have IPS consistently for the next week! However, every chance I can, will check-in to see what you see! I have learned more from all of you than any photography book on my shelf! And you all are soooo much more user-friendly! ;-) Many Thanks!
CSS 2000 & 2001 dropped a cut of cars behind Pioneer Lumber and head east to switch Criterion. The two GP38-2's and train reached their destination via the Amtrak Michigan Line minus the ever so common PTC.
Michigan City, Indiana
Always wanted to see this MP15T in action. Here it is at the Vulcan Mines doing its thing.
Irwin, Ill.
10-20-14
The Caddy wanted to go to the steam plant while the rescue crew had other ideas. Some blocking and a few tugs on a stout chain persuaded the car onto the proper path. Notice the orange parking ticket.