Nostalgia & History > Switcher Saturday - various

Shots of switchers from several roadtrips.  What I take from these shots is that the 70s were very cloudy!

1.  ICG switchers at the former GM&O shops in Bloomington IL in August 1975.  One is still in IC black paint.  Units look like SW-9s to me. 
2.  Chicago, West Pullman & Southern SW-7 at Pullman Jct IL on 8/30/77.
3.  Maine Central S-4 switching in Bangor ME on 8/23/77.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/12/20 21:53 by dwatry.

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Picture 3 is a great slice of action.  You can almost hear the brakeman saying "on the pin".  The ALCO s-2's and S-4's were great switch erngines.

Excellent selection of switchers !  Great catch of the CWP&S at Pullman Jct.
Note the Chicago Short Line off on the right, headed south on the C&WI,
oddly with only one engine.  During my years of railroading around South Chicago,
I always remembered them in action with a pair.