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GFR 2019-08-18 A
Title:  GFR 2019-08-18 A
Description:  Grand Forks Railway (GFR) operates on 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) of former Canadian Pacific track in Grand Forks, British Columbia. Owned by International Forest Products (Interfor), the GFR shortline is isolated from the rest of Canada as all rail traffic is interchanged via Washington State. (August 18, 2019)
Photo Date:  8/18/2019  Upload Date: 9/2/2019 6:42:27 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, BC
Author:  Dave Stewart-Candy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 86(SW1000) GFR 6703(SW8)
Views:  325   Comments: 1
GFR 2019-08-18 B
Title:  GFR 2019-08-18 B
Description:  Grand Forks Railway (GFR) operates on 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) of former Canadian Pacific track in Grand Forks, British Columbia. Owned by International Forest Products (Interfor), the GFR shortline is isolated from the rest of Canada as all rail traffic is interchanged via Washington State. (August 18, 2019)
Photo Date:  8/18/2019  Upload Date: 9/2/2019 6:43:44 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, BC
Author:  Dave Stewart-Candy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 86(SW1000) GFR 6703(SW8)
Views:  399   Comments: 3
GFR 2019-08-18 C
Title:  GFR 2019-08-18 C
Description:  Grand Forks Railway (GFR) operates on 6 kilometres (3.7 miles) of former Canadian Pacific track in Grand Forks, British Columbia. Owned by International Forest Products (Interfor), the GFR shortline is isolated from the rest of Canada as all rail traffic is interchanged via Washington State. (August 18, 2019)
Photo Date:  8/18/2019  Upload Date: 9/2/2019 6:41:43 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, BC
Author:  Dave Stewart-Candy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GMTX 86(SW1000) GFR 6703(SW8)
Views:  269   Comments: 0
GFR 6703 2019-08-18 A
Title:  GFR 6703 2019-08-18 A
Description:  From its founding in 1992 until very recently, the GFR relied on its lone EMD SW8 locomotive GFR 6703 which had been acquired from Canadian Pacific at the time of founding. In the past year or so, the SW8 has been parked and tarped over and a GATX lease has been brought in as replacement. (August 18, 2019)
Photo Date:  8/18/2019  Upload Date: 9/2/2019 6:44:01 PM
Location:  Grand Forks, BC
Author:  Dave Stewart-Candy
Categories: 
Locomotives:  GFR 6703(SW8)
Views:  459   Comments: 0
CP 6705--SW8
Title:  CP 6705--SW8
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/5/1980  Upload Date: 4/5/1980 12:00:00 AM
Location:  Windsor, ON
Author:  Ed Lameck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6705(SW8)
Views:  598   Comments: 0
CP 6705--SW8
Title:  CP 6705--SW8
Description:  Built 6/51; A233
Photo Date:  4/24/1982  Upload Date: 6/2/2011 5:12:52 PM
Location:  Windsor, ON
Author:  John Lameck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6705(SW8)
Views:  611   Comments: 0
CP 6705
Title:  CP 6705
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/5/1982  Upload Date: 5/28/2010 3:32:54 PM
Location:  Windsor, ON
Author:  John Lameck
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6705(SW8)
Views:  615   Comments: 0
ATSF 2067
Title:  ATSF 2067
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/22/1984  Upload Date: 11/6/2011 6:13:31 PM
Location:  Windsor, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6705(SW8)
Views:  434   Comments: 0
CP 6706
Title:  CP 6706
Description:  Roster (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  8/8/1989  Upload Date: 1/24/2011 5:30:37 PM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CP 6706(SW8)
Views:  695   Comments: 1
CP 4721 & CP 6707
Title:  CP 4721 & CP 6707
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/29/1986  Upload Date: 3/30/2009 4:54:31 PM
Location:  Windsor, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 4721(M636) CP 6707(SW8)
Views:  676   Comments: 1
CP 6708
Title:  CP 6708
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/12/1981  Upload Date: 10/30/2009 12:12:26 PM
Location:  Windsor South, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CP 6708(SW8)
Views:  701   Comments: 0
AG Processing (AGPX) #6717
Title:  AG Processing (AGPX) #6717
Description:  Scanned from a print taken by my friend Wes Rupe. Photo taken at the St. Joe AG Processing plant, but the AGP placard on the cab says "AG Processing INC. Omaha, NE." when enlarged.
Photo Date:  7/1/1990  Upload Date: 10/1/2023 3:08:54 PM
Location:  St. Joseph, MO
Author:  Rich Varner
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  AGPX 6717(SW8)
Views:  116   Comments: 0
SSDX 6717
Title:  SSDX 6717
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/21/2010  Upload Date: 7/9/2023 11:28:50 AM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6717(SW8)
Views:  73   Comments: 0
Standard Steel Plant
Title:  Standard Steel Plant
Description:  6717 shoving ladles from the scrap yard to the electric arc furnace.
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:41:09 PM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6717(SW8)
Views:  566   Comments: 0
Standard Steel Plant
Title:  Standard Steel Plant
Description:  6717 shoving ladles from the scrap yard to the electric arc furnace.
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:42:08 PM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6717(SW8)
Views:  515   Comments: 0
Standard Steel Plant
Title:  Standard Steel Plant
Description:  6717 shoving ladles from the scrap yard to the electric arc furnace located in the background building.
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:42:49 PM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6717(SW8)
Views:  493   Comments: 1
Standard Steel Plant
Title:  Standard Steel Plant
Description:  The engineer & conductor operating the locomotive via remote control.
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:44:06 PM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6717(SW8)
Views:  548   Comments: 0
Standard Steel Plant
Title:  Standard Steel Plant
Description:  The operator standing on the front of the locomotive.
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:44:46 PM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6717(SW8)
Views:  474   Comments: 0
Standard Steel Plant
Title:  Standard Steel Plant
Description:  Rounding the curve behind the plant to shift more cars of scrap metal.
Photo Date:  5/4/2011  Upload Date: 5/5/2011 7:46:25 PM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Mike Thomas
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6717(SW8)
Views:  560   Comments: 1
SSDX 6734
Title:  SSDX 6734
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/20/2021  Upload Date: 10/20/2021 6:11:45 PM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6734(SW8)
Views:  102   Comments: 0
Standard Steel SW8 #6734
Title:  Standard Steel SW8 #6734
Description:  EMD 9/51...ex-North Shore System #366, exx-Conrail #8679, nee-Lehigh Valley #265. Sold by NSHR 2014
Photo Date:  10/20/2021  Upload Date: 10/20/2021 6:11:32 PM
Location:  Burnham, PA
Author:  Kevin Painter
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSDX 6734(SW8)
Views:  167   Comments: 0
CN 7152
Title:  CN 7152
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/24/1981  Upload Date: 6/3/2015 9:01:00 PM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CN 7152(SW8)
Views:  844   Comments: 1
Station switcher
Title:  Station switcher
Description:  Some of the busier stations still had switch engines assigned. We see the London engine moving road power through the platforms from a recently arrived train.
Photo Date:  8/27/1982  Upload Date: 3/26/2013 12:59:40 AM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Station,Action
Locomotives:  CN 7152(SW8) CN 4401(GP9) VIA 6526(FP9A)
Views:  1139   Comments: 0
CN 7153
Title:  CN 7153
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/22/1980  Upload Date: 3/7/2011 1:01:21 AM
Location:  Kamloops, BC
Author:  S.L. Dixon
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 7153(SW8)
Views:  726   Comments: 0
NRE SW8 7153
Title:  NRE SW8 7153
Description: 
Photo Date:  12/25/1994  Upload Date: 6/9/2010 10:43:50 PM
Location:  Dixmoor, IL
Author:  Alan Gaines
Categories: 
Locomotives:  NREX 7153(SW8)
Views:  244   Comments: 0
CN 7154 and 7704 (Are these SW9s?)
Title:  CN 7154 and 7704 (Are these SW9s?)
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/17/1989  Upload Date: 6/4/2010 11:39:26 PM
Location:  London, ON
Author:  Marty Bernard
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 7154(SW8) CN 7704(SW9)
Views:  1107   Comments: 1
CN 7164
Title:  CN 7164
Description:  (Date approximate)
Photo Date:  8/8/1985  Upload Date: 2/27/2012 6:12:53 PM
Location:  Toronto, ON
Author:  Robert Farkas
Categories:  Roster,Signal
Locomotives:  CN 7164(SW8)
Views:  431   Comments: 2
CN 7167 & 7165
Title:  CN 7167 & 7165
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/1/1975  Upload Date: 10/23/2016 3:19:55 PM
Location:  Fort Erie, ON
Author:  Christopher Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 7167(SW8) CN 7165(SW8)
Views:  573   Comments: 0
CN SW8 7166
Title:  CN SW8 7166
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/28/1984  Upload Date: 7/19/2009 11:14:13 AM
Location:  Fort Erie, ON
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  CN 7166(SW8)
Views:  840   Comments: 0
CN 7170
Title:  CN 7170
Description: 
Photo Date:  4/1/1980  Upload Date: 12/8/2008 5:42:58 PM
Location:  Stratford, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 7170(SW8)
Views:  622   Comments: 0
CN 7171
Title:  CN 7171
Description:  CN 7171
Photo Date:  6/6/1975  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 6:31:29 AM
Location:  Hamilton, ON
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 7171(SW8)
Views:  1094   Comments: 1
CN 7171
Title:  CN 7171
Description:  CN 7171
Photo Date:  6/6/1975  Upload Date: 12/30/2007 6:32:45 AM
Location:  Hamilton, ON
Author:  Tim Vermande
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 7171(SW8)
Views:  1096   Comments: 1
CN 7171
Title:  CN 7171
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/12/1982  Upload Date: 10/24/2009 1:41:58 PM
Location:  Windsor South, ON
Author:  Jack Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 7171(SW8)
Views:  481   Comments: 0
SW at work
Title:  SW at work
Description:  This unnamec ex CN switcher was working at Norwood on the Norwood & St Lawrence.
Photo Date:  6/13/1989  Upload Date: 10/13/2015 1:30:04 AM
Location:  Norwood, NY
Author:  Tom Beckett
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  ADSX 7180(SW8)
Views:  460   Comments: 1
Power at DES
Title:  Power at DES
Description:  Units outside at Diesel Electric Services
Photo Date:  1/25/2010  Upload Date: 1/31/2010 12:57:49 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  LLPX 1513(GP15-1) INCX 2005(GP38-2) AGRX 7731(SW8)
Views:  786   Comments: 1
AGRX? 7731
Title:  AGRX? 7731
Description:  Agrium switcher at DES
Photo Date:  1/25/2010  Upload Date: 1/31/2010 12:58:39 PM
Location:  Sudbury, ON
Author:  Gregory L. Smith
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AGRX 7731(SW8) INCX 2005(GP38-2)
Views:  647   Comments: 1
MP Race Street Yard
Title:  MP Race Street Yard
Description:  Ten years before the Missouri Pacific's RACE STREET YARD in New Orleans was closed and removed, it was still busy enough for two switch engines. Here were 18-month-old SW1500 1520 and 22-year-old SW8 8000 awaiting their next assignments.
Photo Date:  3/31/1974  Upload Date: 5/5/2017 10:34:23 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  Michael Palmieri
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 1520(SW1500) MP 8000(SW8)
Views:  949   Comments: 0
Former T&P Units
Title:  Former T&P Units
Description:  All of the units in this image - taken on the east side of the MP engine house at Avondale Yard - were built for the Texas & Pacific, Here are at least three of the T&P's eight SW8's, along with a pair of F7A's MP 8000-8007 were built as Texas & Pacific 811-818 in January 1952, for use as light road switchers. Notice that the 8002 still has is original oscillating headlight assembly, while this has been removed from the 8003. F7A's 857 and 908 are former T&P 1558 and 1507, and SW8 8000 is parked behind the 8002. (approximate month and day)
Photo Date:  6/15/1971  Upload Date: 1/8/2015 10:55:07 AM
Location:  Avondale, LA
Author:  Paul H. Oliver, Jr.
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 8002(SW8) MP 8003(SW8) MP 857(F7A)
Views:  1997   Comments: 0
MP SW8 8006
Title:  MP SW8 8006
Description:  Missouri Pacific SW8 8006 was photographed at Race Street Yard in New Orleans, under the Greater New Orleans Mississippi River Bridge. The locomotive had been built in August 1952 as Texas & Pacific 817. (approximate date of photo)
Photo Date:  3/1/1971  Upload Date: 2/21/2020 1:14:00 PM
Location:  New Orleans, LA
Author:  JAMES H. SELZER, JR. photo
Categories:  Yard
Locomotives:  MP 8006(SW8)
Views:  700   Comments: 0
MP 8006
Title:  MP 8006
Description:  an ex Texas & Pacific unit sitting outside the Ewing Ave diesel shop, date approx.
Photo Date:  6/6/1981  Upload Date: 12/26/2013 11:18:04 PM
Location:  Saint Louis, MO
Author:  Daniel Schroeder
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  MP 8006(SW8)
Views:  577   Comments: 3
CSXT'S Boyles Terminal Sub
Title:  CSXT'S Boyles Terminal Sub
Description:  RTEX 8165 is dead in tow in the consist of Q518 being delivered to an unknown Industry
Photo Date:  10/4/2005  Upload Date: 1/15/2006 9:29:06 PM
Location:  Tarrant City, AL
Author:  william davis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  RTEX 8161(SW8)
Views:  335   Comments: 2
CSXT'S Atlanta Division Boyles Terminal Sub
Title:  CSXT'S Atlanta Division Boyles Terminal Sub
Description:  RTEX SW8 8161 dead in tow in the consist of Q518 being delivered to an unknown grain elevator or other industry
Photo Date:  10/4/2005  Upload Date: 2/16/2012 8:31:00 PM
Location:  Tarrant City, AL
Author:  william davis
Categories:  Roster,Scenic,Yard
Locomotives:  RTEX 8161(SW8)
Views:  357   Comments: 4
CN 8510
Title:  CN 8510
Description: 
Photo Date:  8/4/2014  Upload Date: 9/18/2023 5:30:07 PM
Location:  Oshawa, ON
Author:  Matt Petersen
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CN 8510(SW8)
Views:  75   Comments: 0
PC SW8 8600
Title:  PC SW8 8600
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/30/1976  Upload Date: 10/7/2007 12:54:15 PM
Location:  Enola, PA
Author:  Jim Gavin
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  PC 8600(SW8)
Views:  620   Comments: 0
Conrail (stenciled) SW8 #8602
Title:  Conrail (stenciled) SW8 #8602
Description:  Digital image from Kim E. Piersol original 35mm Kodachrome transparency. Wilmington, DE Yard.
Photo Date:  6/11/1978  Upload Date: 9/17/2006 12:33:06 PM
Location:  Landlith, DE
Author:  Kim Piersol
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8602(SW8)
Views:  585   Comments: 0
CR 8603
Title:  CR 8603
Description:  WB at Dille Road
Photo Date:  7/17/1982  Upload Date: 4/27/2017 5:12:59 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Bruce Gage
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  CR 8603(SW8)
Views:  187   Comments: 0
CR SW8 8603
Title:  CR SW8 8603
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/22/1983  Upload Date: 10/9/2016 12:05:16 PM
Location:  Cleveland, OH
Author:  Alan Niebel
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8603(SW8)
Views:  152   Comments: 1
CR 8604
Title:  CR 8604
Description:  Island Avenue Yard #1 of 4.
Photo Date:  6/11/1977  Upload Date: 5/16/2012 3:56:15 PM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8604(SW8)
Views:  429   Comments: 0
CR 8604
Title:  CR 8604
Description:  Island Avenue Yard #2 of 4.
Photo Date:  6/11/1977  Upload Date: 5/16/2012 3:56:57 PM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8604(SW8) CR 8897(SW7)
Views:  472   Comments: 0
CR 8604
Title:  CR 8604
Description:  Island Avenue Yard #3 of 4.
Photo Date:  6/11/1977  Upload Date: 5/16/2012 3:57:19 PM
Location:  Pittsburgh, PA
Author:  C.W. Lahickey
Categories: 
Locomotives:  CR 8604(SW8) CR 8897(SW7)
Views:  350   Comments: 0


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