Nostalgia & History > Some Birmingham and Southern Switchers for Saturday

1. BS 212, a SW1000, and 222, a  SW1001, in Wylam, AL on April 11, 1992.

 For those of you not familiar with the SW1001 model may I suggest you visit http://www.american-rails.com/emd-sw1001.html

2. and 3. BS 370, a MP15DC, and 200, a SW1200, at Bessemer, AL on April 11, 1992.

4. BS 601, a SW1001, in Bessemer, AL on April 11, 1992.

5. Not a switcher but a SD9,  BS 632 in Bessemer, AL on April 11, 1992.

Enjoy,
Marty Bernard
 



Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 02/06/16 17:02 by MartyBernard.

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Great bunch, I wonder if it's still a busy road with road trains over to the Port of Birmingham?
​JB

I've seen other photos showing locomotives with the unusual four color light lamps on all four corners as on some of these Birmingham Southern locos.  Were these used as class lamps or marker lights ?    Did any other railroads use these lights ?  Nice photos.

Craig Hanson
Vay, Idaho

They surprized me too.  They are used when the locomotive is under remote radio control.  The color indicates what the locomotive is doing.  My surprize is that this was 1992 early for this technology.  But, of course, this was U.S. Steel.  I don't think I caught a caboose in any pictures I took that day.

Marty Bernard