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Shortline Railroads through the Years Part 2



by Chris Guenzler



Southern Railway of British Columbia GMD1 1203 ex CN 1061 at Trapp Yard, BC on 2/8/2010.





The new power on the Modesto & Empire Traction Railpower 5406 at Empire, California on 3/12/2010.





This Palouse River & Coulee City 3514 was sitting out just west of the East Ontario Metrolink Station, CA on 4/14/2010.





Appalachian & Ohio WAMX 5109 at Cherrydale, KS on 4/24/2010.





South Kansas & Oklahoma WAMX 4135 at Winfield, KS on 4/24/2010.





Delaware-Lackawanna C-636 3642 at Scranton, PA on 5/15/2010.





Reading & Blue Mountain engines at Duryea, PA on 5/15/2010.





Lehigh Gorge SD-50 426 at Jim Thorpe, Pa on 5/15/2010.





Housatonic Railroad 3604 at Canaan, CN on 5/16/2010.





Berkshire Scenic Railroad 8619 at New Lenox, MA on 5/16/2010.





Upper Hudson River Railroad 5019 at North Creek, NY on 5/17/2010.





Cooperstown & Charlotte Valley Railroad 3051 at Milford, NY on 5/18/2010.





Arcade & Attica 44 Toner 111 at Arcade, NY on 5/19/2010.





New York & Lake Erie Railroad 6764 at Gowanda, NY on 5/19/2010.





Oil Creek & Titusville S-2 85 at Titusville, PA on 5/20/2010.





The Western New York & Pennsylvania Railroad 421 at Rynd Farm, PA on 5/20/2010.





Allegheny Railroad 305 at Butler, PA on 5/21/2010.





Buffalo & Pittsburgh 454 at Butler, PA on 5/21/2010.





Kiski Junction S-2 7135 at Schenley, PA on 5/21/2010.





Pittsburgh and Ohio Central 1545 at McGee Rocks, PA on 5/21/2010.





Southwest Pennsylvania Railroad 2003 at Scottsdale, PA on 5/22/2010.





Burlington Jct Railroad 200 at West Aurora, IL on 5/24/2010.





Long Island Railroad 145 at Jamaica, New York on 6/17/2010.





New Hope & Ivyland C-30-7 7087 at New Hope, PA. 6/19/2010.





Black River 752 at Ringoes, PA 6/19/2010.





Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad S-6 1016 at Middletown, PA on 6/20/2010.





Wanamaker, Kempton & Southern 7258 at the Wanamaker Station on 6/20/2010.





Stourbridge Line BL-2 54 at Homesdale, PA on 6/23/2010.





Strasburg Railroad SW-8 8618 at Strasburg, PA on 6/30/2010.





Fort Smith Railroad 2002 at Fort Smith, AK on 11/11/2010.





West Texas and Lubbock 107 at Brownfield, TX on 11/22/2010.





Southwestern Railroad 3910 at Roswell, NM on 11/23/2010.





Amador Foothill 12 at Ione, CA on 12/12/2010.





Susquehanna Railroad F45 3636 at Utica, NY on 5/17/2011.





Mohawk Adirondack & Northern C-420 805 at Utica, NY on 5/18/2011.





Adirondack Scenic Railroad 1502 at Holland Patent, NY on 5/19/2011.





DM&E SD40-3 6050 Colony, Wy and DM&E GP40 4002 Spirit of 86 at West Davenport, IA on 7/24/2011.





Iowa Chicago & Eastern GP-9 103 at West Davenport, IA on 7/24/2011.





Tazewell & Peoria Railroad GP10 3000 at Peoria, IL on 7/25/2011.





West Isle Line GP-9 3399 at Alpaugh, CA on 2/9/2011.





Rail America 3809 at Exeter, CA on 2/9/2011.





Keokuk Junction Railway 2047 at Keokuk, IA on 4/6/2012.





Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railroad 132 and Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railroad Slug 126 at Cedar Rapids, IA on 6/20/2012.





Iowa Northern 3809 at Waterloo, IA on 6/23/2012.



RPRX 5405 at Denair, CA on 3/8/2013.





M&ET 2005 at Modesto, CA on 3/8/2013.





South Shore 2000 at Michigan City, IN on 5/10/2013.





Coopersville & Marne Railway SW-9 7014 at Coopersville, MI on 5/12/2013.





Charlotte Southern GE 44 toner 3 at Charlotte, MI on 5/13/2013.





Adrian and Blissfield SW-900 1223 at Adrian, MI on 5/13/2013.





AC&J S-1 7371 at Jefferson, OH on 5/14/2013.





Maumee and Western Railroad 1603 at Defiance, OH on 5/15/2013.





A switcher at the grain elevator at Edgerton, OH on 5/16/2013.





Elkhart & Western 1000 at Elkhart, IN on 5/16/2013.





Hudson Bay Railway 5009 at Ottawa, IL on 5/16/2013.





Illinois Railroad SD-40 T-2 9238 at Ottawa, IL on 5/16/2013.





North Shore 1940 at Danville, PA on 7/20/2013.





Chicago, Fort Wayne & Eastern GP-38-2 3886 at Lima, OH on 7/22/2013.





CCT Brookville BL21CG 2101 came down B Street in Stockton, CA to reach the BNSF interchange on 3/7/2014.





Stockton Terminal and Eastern MP15DC 777 on Roosevelt Street in Stockton, CA on 3/7/2014.





San Joaquin Valley Railroad BL-20-2 2122 at Fresno, CA on 3/9/2014.





San Joaquin Valley Railroad GP-28 1829 at Bakersfield, CA on 5/31/2014.





Northwestern Oklahoma 1401 at Woodward, Oklahoma on 6/6/2014.





Victoria Southern Railroad 1001 in Medicine Lodge, Kansas on 6/7/2014.





Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad 3824 at Cheney, Kansas on 6/7/2014.





SKOL SD40-2 4148 at Cherryville, Kansas on 6/8/2014.





South East Kansas CF-7 1000 at Carona, Kansas on 6/8/2014.





Engines of the Missouri and Northern Arkansas at Carthage, Missouri on 6/8/2014.





Missouri and Northern Arkansas SD45 3392 at Aurora, Missouri on 6/9/1014.





Stillwater Central WMAX 7022 at Stillwater, OK on 6/15/2014.





Big Trees and Pacific CF-7 2600 in Felton, CA on 4/25/2015.





Green Mountain RS-1 405 pulled our NRHS 2015 Photo Freight at the Rutland, Vermont NRHS Convention on 6/14/2015.





Vermont Railway GP-38 207 at Rutland, VT on 6/14/2015.





Clarendon & Pittsford GP-38 203 at Rutland, VT on 6/14/2015.





Barre & Chelsea GE 70 Toner 14 was on display at Barre, Vermont on 6/17/2015.





Natchez Railroad GP-38-2 2601 was on the Washington County Railroad in Barre, Vermont on 6/17/2015.





Green Mountain Railroad GP-9 804 was also on the Washington County Railroad in Barre, Vermont on 6/17/2015.





Vermont Railroad GP402LW 311 in the 50th Anniversary paint scheme in Rutland, VT on 6/18/2015.





Green Mountain GP-40 304 was in Rutland, VT on 6/18/2015.





The elevated Washington County Railroad GP-38-2 202 was in the Burlington Roundhouse, VT on 6/18/2015.





Providence & Worcester GP-38 2011 was at the Burlington Roundhouse, VT for some work on 6/18/2015.





Maine Eastern GP-9 100 in Rockland, Maine on 6/24/2015.





Maine Eastern FL9 488 at Brunswick, Maine on 6/25/2015.





Grafton & Upton Railroad CF-7 1500 at Grafton, MA on 6/27/2015.





Grafton & Upton Railroad F7A 1501 at Grafton, MA on 6/27/2015.





Buckingham Railroad GP-40 12 and 13 at Staunton, Virginia on 7/1/2015.



Indiana Railroad SD-60 6011 at Galesburg, Illinois on 7/4/2015.





Port of Tillamook Bay GP-9 101 at Garabadi, Oregon on 3/20/2016.





Black Hills Central Railroad GP- 9 63 waited in Hill City, SD on 7/14/2016.





Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern SD-40-2 6431 at Rapid City, SD on 7/14/2016.





Rapid City, Pierre and Eastern SD-40-2 3429 at Rapid City, SD on 7/14/2016.





Nebraska Northwestern Railroad SD-9 303 at Dakota Jct on 7/14/2016.





Willamette and Pacific GP39-2 2301 "Sheridan" near Hillsboro, Oregon on 3/16/2017.





Albany and Eastern GP38-3 200 at Lebanon, OR on 3/16/2017.





Southern Pacific SD9 5399 on the Albany Eastern Excurion Train at Lebanon, OR on 2017 that I had chartered on 3/17/2017.





Albany and Eastern GP35 2501 was also used on the Albany Eastern Excurion Train at Lebanon, OR on 2017 that I had chartered on 3/17/2017.





The Portland & Western GP39-2 2305 Dallas at Junction City, OR on 3/17/2017.





RRV&W GP-20C 2051 at Breckenridge, MN on 6/4/2017.





Mason City Iowa Traction Railway 51 and 54 at Mason City, IA on 6/5/2017.





Gulf and Ohio SW1500 2241 at Knoxville, TN on 6/17/2017.





Big South Fork Scenic SW9 106 at Blue Heron, KY on 6/18//2017.





Lhoist B23-7 4021 at Crab Orchard, TN on 6/19/2017.





Patriot Rail's Tennessee Southern GP9 1955 at Mount Pleasant, TN on 6/20/2017.





Western Tennessee Railroad C30-7 5543 at Jackson, TN on 6/20/2017.





R.J. Corman GP35M 3501 on display at Clarksville, TN on 6/20/2017.





Aberdeen Carolina & Western Railroad SD-40-3 6926 at Candor, NC on 7/30/2018.





Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad CF-7 2486 at Aberdeen,NC on 7/30/2018.





West Chester GP38 7706 at West Chester, PA on 8/5/2018 .





East Penn Railroad GP38 2173 at Avondale, PA 8/5/2018.





Big West Oil SW-6001 1 at North Salt Lake City, UT on 5/8/2019.





Salt Lake, Garfield and Western MP15AC DS-11 on the Shop, UT on 5/8/2019.





JTPX SW-9 1204 at an oil refinery in North Salt Lake City, UT on 5/9/2019.





Savage Railroad GP-38 8619 and GP38M-4 8620 in Salt Lake City, UT on 5/9/2019.





Utah Railroad GP-38-2 2007 at Salt Lake Central station, UT on 5/9/2019.





Pacific Harbor Lines MP20C-3 61 at Los Angeles, CA on 9/9/2019





Central Oregon and Pacific SD40-2 3499 former Canadian National at Medford, OR on 4/19/2020.





Sierra Northern RP20BD 52 at Oakdale, CA on 4/20/2020.





American Electric Power GP35 2703, ex. Southern Railway east of Alliance, NE on 7/14/2020.





American Electric Power SL-136 1101, ex. Burlington Northern east of Alliance, NE on 7/14/2020.





Farmers Elevator Company GP9 7558 at Lodgepole, NE on 7/14/2020.





Progress Rail SD40T-2 2941 and SD40T-2 2925, both former Southern Pacific units at Kings Park, CA on 9/10/2020.





Hanford Grain SE15B 1501 at Kings Park, CA on 9/10/2020.





Mare Island V01000M 007 at Schelleville, CA on 9/11/2020.





P&SR GE 25-tonner 5 at Petaluma, CA on 9/11/2020.





J.D. Heiskell GP9 1886, originally Northern Pacific 232 at Pixley, CA on 9/13/2020.





J.D. Heiskell SD9 1886, originally Central of Georgia 207 at Pixley, CA on 9/13/2020.





WRIX SD9 602 originally Southern Pacific 537 at Pixley, CA on 9/13/2020.





Utah Railway MK-50-3 5006 east of Goodland, KS on 10/1/2020.





Kyle Railroad GP38-3 2128 west of Goodland, KS on 10/1/2020.





Railway Service Contractors (MJRX) SD20 1021 at Gothenburg, NE on 11/2/2020.





I&M Rail Link SD9 612 at Lexington, NE at 10/2/2020.





AARX GP-7u 2101 at Bridgeport, NE on 10/4/2020.





Independent Locomotive Services GP9 1362 former Great Northern 912 at Willston, MT on 10/7/2020.





Archer Daniels Midland CHS LLC GP9 4553 orginally Rock Island 1320 at Havre, MT on 10/7/2020.





Archer Daniels Midland SW1500 2234 orginally Reading 2751 at Havre, MT at 10/7/2020.





Oregon Pacific GMD-1 1413, formerly Canadian National 1045 at Portland, OR on 10/10/2020.




Apache Railroad C424 98 at Holbrook, AZ on 11/11/2020.





Trans-Global Solutions GP10 8419, SW1500 1506 and SW1500 1510 east of Gallup, NM on 11/11/2020.





Erman 44-toner west of Argentine Yard in Kansas on 11/12/2020.





Louisiana and Delta GP15-1 1709 ex Illinois Central GP9 9061 rebuilt at New Iberia, LA on 11/18/2020.





Rail Logix CEFX MP15AC 1543 and SW1500 1553 at Iowa, Louisiana on 11/18/2020.





RJ Corman SD-40-2 7895 at Brazos Yard, NM on 11/19/2020.





San Joaquin Valley Railroad BL20-2 2122 at Fresno, CA on 12/5/2020.





Modesto & Empire Traction RP20BD 2006 at Empire, CA on 12/7/2020.





RPRX RP20BD 5405 at the Sierra Grain Terminal in Hughson on 12/7/2020.





Rail America GP40 5033 at Bakersfield, CA on 12/7/2020.





San Joaquin GP38 2082 at Bakersfield, CA on 12/7/2020.





Copper Basin Railway GP39 505, originally Chesapeake and Ohio 3916 at Hayden, AZ on 2/1/2021.





San Joaquin Valley Railroad GP28 1829 at Exeter, CA on 4/1/2021.





A.L. Gilbert GP10 2004, originally Detroit, Toledo and Ironton GP7 957 at Keyes on 4/4/2021.





GATX Locomotive Group SW1500 150 originally Terminal Railroad Association (St. Louis) 1502 at Keyes, CA on 4/4/2021.





Southwestern Railroad GP40 9964 originally Penn Central 3161 at Deming, NM on 4/12/2021.





Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron DS 44-660 30 at Birmingham, AL on 4/15/2021.





CaterParrott Railnet SW1500 3000, originally Missouri Pacific 1518 at Nashville, GA on 4/17/2021.





CaterParrott Railnet GP40 7000, originally Florida East Coast 408 at Nashville, GA on 4/17/2021.





Helm Leasing SD45 918, originally Southern Pacific 9122 at Grenada, MS on 4/19/2021.





Grenada Railroad SD40-2 8148, originally Burlington Northern 8148 at Grenada, MS on 4/19/2021.





Mississippi Central GP16 1604, originally Charleston and West Carolina GP7 206 at Holly Springs, MS on 4/19/2021.





Mississippi Central GP16 1605, originally Chicago and Eastern Illinois GP9 236 at Holly Springs, MS on 4/19/2021.





Mississippi Central CF7 488, originally Santa Fe F7 337L at Holly Springs, MS on 4/19/2021.





Econo-Rail Corp SD40-2 3013 in Ebony, AK on 4/20/2021.





RailLink Inc SW1200 1214 originally Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac 83 at Stuttgart, AK on 4/20/2021.





Rail Link SW-1200 1216 originally Kansas City Terminal 73 at Pine Bluff, AK on 4/21/2021.





Little Rock and Western C-420 102 at Pine Bluff, AK on 4/21/2021.





Seaboard Air Line RS11 352, originally 102 at Pine Bluff, AK on 4/21/2021.





Vintage Locomotive Works U23C 2300, originally Lake Superior and Ishpeming. This was the first U23C built at Pine Bluff, AK on 4/21/2021.





Vintage Locomotives Inc GP20 2003 ex SSW 815 at Pine Bluff, AK on 4/21/2021.





Farmrail GP10 8253, originally Northern Pacific GP9 224 and modified to a GP10 at Elk City, OK on 5/7/2021.





Ohio Central B23-S7 3185, originally Western Pacific U23B 2254 at Zanesville, OH on 4/13/2021.





Ohio Central B23-S7 4092, originally Western Pacific U23B 2252 at Zanesville, OH on 4/13/2021.





Indiana and Ohio GP50 5007 at Valley Junction, OH on 4/15/2021.





Ohio Rail Exprience Nickel Plate Road GP30 901 at Greensburg, IN on 4/15/2021.





Ohio Rail Exprience Chesapeake and Ohio GP7 5704 at Greensburg, IN on 4/15/2021.





GMTX SW1001 67 at Mound City, IL on 4/16/2021.





Consolidated Terminals and Logistics Company GP7u 2005 former Santa Fe 2687 at Mound City, IL on 4/16/2021.





Consolidated Terminals and Logistics Company GP9 103, formerly Jackson & Southern 103 and originally Illinois Central 9089 at Mound City, IL on 4/16/2021.





Farmers Cooperative JLCX GP10 101 originally Chicago and North Western GP7 1589 at Dows, IA on 4/18/2021.





RLCX SW900 909 built as Youngstown Sheet and Tube 901 east Hasting, NE on 4/18/2021.





Savage Railnet SW-1200 1361 orginally Canadian National 1361 at West Rifle, CO on 7/2/2021.



I will now return you to the present.



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