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  1. Montana Rail Link SW1200 in Laurel

    Montana Rail Link SW1200 in Laurel

    Montana Rail Link SW1200 #17 in Laurel.
    • Empire Builder
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    • #17 17 emd laurel link montana mrl rail sw1200 switcher
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  2. SW1500 #3466

    SW1500 #3466

    Another picture of BNSF #3466, I managed to actually get this picture of it with out the fence getting in the way.
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    • 3466 bnsf emd falls great montana sw1500 switcher
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  3. Tank car switching at Great Falls

    Tank car switching at Great Falls

    Another pic of 2140 pushing & shoving a line of tank cars around in October 2004.
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    • 2140 bnsf cars control duty emd falls gp38 great montana remote switcher tank
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  4. GP38 #2140

    GP38 #2140

    BNSF GP38 #2140 switches some tank cars around while in Remote Control switcher duty at Great Falls on October 22, 2004.
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    • bnsf cars control duty emd falls gp38 great montana remote switcher tank
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  5. BNSF #3466

    BNSF #3466

    a closer pic of BNSF Sw1500 #3466. Sorry the chainlink fence got in the way.
    • Empire Builder
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    • 3466 bnsf emd falls great montana sw1500 switcher
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  6. BNSF SW1500

    BNSF SW1500

    I caught this BNSF SW1500 at Great Falls in October '04.
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    • 2004 3466 bnsf emd end-cab falls great montana october sw1500 switcher
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Burlington Northern Santa Fe
  7. NS 2404 - MP15DC - M.J. Scanlon

    NS 2404 - MP15DC - M.J. Scanlon

    An usual find in Forrest yard today. NS 2404, an EMD MP15DC switcher, finds itself slightly struggling in building an intermodal train to go out later in the day.
    • mojo628
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    • 2404 district emd end forrest memphis mp15dc norfolk ns scanlon southern switcher tennessee west yard
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  8. Old Grain switcher BW

    Old Grain switcher BW

    Trac99 said to try it in BW. So here it is. See it in color then you pick.
    • drgw#1
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    • grain old switcher
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Industrial and critters
  9. After a weary day

    After a weary day

    BNSF2827 rests on the NP tail track in Vancouver at the end of a long day.
    • pdxrailfan
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    • sunset switcher
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: Western United States
  10. Metra 7

    Metra 7

    METX 7 pulls a single bilevel out of the Fox Lake Branch and through Rondout.
    • spot
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    • metra metx switcher
    • Comments: 8
    • Category: Transit, Light Rail and Commuter
  11. Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

    Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

    CN Yard Switcher doing some switching at Fond Du Lac, Wi.
    • William H. Davis Jr.
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    • at cn doing du fond lac some switcher switching wi. yard
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  12. Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

    Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

    CN Yard Switcher switching out some freight at Fond Du Lac, Wi.
    • William H. Davis Jr.
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    • at cn du fond freight lac out some switcher switching wi. yard
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Central and Midwestern United States
  13. Tennessee Central Switcher

    Tennessee Central Switcher

    A switcher owned by the Tennessee Central Railroad Museum sits in the yard in Nashville coupled to passenger cars
    • bigcman
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    • central switcher tennessee
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  14. Mac Switcher

    Mac Switcher

    P&Ws Mac Switcher sits in Newberg while the crew switches ends before switching out the cars and heading south
    • pelewanabesega
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    • mac sd45 switcher
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Western United States
  15. Progressive Rail

    Progressive Rail

    Progressive Rail GP15-1'S 1501 & 1500 are coupled to an Acipco American Beauty switcher at CSXT'S Boyles Terminal service center in Tarrant City, Al.
    • William H. Davis Jr.
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    • & 1500 1501 acipco american an are at beauty boyles center city coupled csxt's gp15-1's in progressive rail service switcher tarrant terminal to
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Lease Units, Demonstrators, Specials etc.
  16. S6 Switcher

    S6 Switcher

    • K-Ness
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    • 1070 alco s6 switcher
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  17. UPY 2004

    UPY 2004

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    • hybrid switcher
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Union Pacific
  18. KCS 4333 - SW1500 - M.J. Scanlon

    KCS 4333 - SW1500 - M.J. Scanlon

    A switcher is parked at the pumps in KCS West Yard outside of New Orleans.
    • mojo628
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    • 4333 city fuel kansas kcs louisiana metairie new orleans pumps scanlon southern sw1500 switcher
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Eastern United States
  19. A Day at the Docks

    A Day at the Docks

    Old switcher at Santos harbour
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    • diesel-electric port switcher
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: International Freight Trains
  20. G.E. Electric Switcher Loco

    G.E. Electric Switcher Loco

    Loco built in the 1920s for the Companhia Paulista de Estradas de Ferro.
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    • electric loco switcher
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: International Freight Trains



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