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Thatll Show em, 1 of 3
Title:  Thatll Show em, 1 of 3
Description:  One of Amtraks yard switchers starts off on a mission. I didnt realize it, but - as I later figured out from my photos - the driver had taken notice of me perched up on the Union Station garage...
Photo Date:  6/15/2015  Upload Date: 11/17/2015 11:59:58 PM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 540(SW1500) AMTK 599(3GS21B) AMTK 569(SW1001)
Views:  493   Comments: 1
Thatll Show em, 2 of 3
Title:  Thatll Show em, 2 of 3
Description:  Whether for my amusement or his, the engineer just cuts loose with this monstrous cloud of smoke. When I got home and zoomed in the photos, I realized he was looking directly at me before he did it. I got a good laugh and probably he did too.
Photo Date:  6/15/2015  Upload Date: 11/18/2015 12:01:24 AM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 599(3GS21B) AMTK 569(SW1001) AMTK 540(SW1500)
Views:  390   Comments: 0
Thatll Show em, 3 of 3
Title:  Thatll Show em, 3 of 3
Description:  A cloud of smoke covers the Union Station switching yard as Amtrak 540 rolls off to work. Parked nearby are Amtrak 599 and 569.
Photo Date:  6/15/2015  Upload Date: 11/18/2015 12:03:55 AM
Location:  Washington D.C., DC
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 540(SW1500) AMTK 569(SW1001) AMTK 599(3GS21B) AMTK 633(ACS-64)
Views:  427   Comments: 0
IHB switchers and slugs
Title:  IHB switchers and slugs
Description:  8 switchers and 2 slugs
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 12/28/2015 11:36:13 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  IHB 1521(SW1500) IHB 1524(SW1500) IHB 1522(SW1500) IHB 1508(SW1500) IHB PB3(Yard Slug) IHB 477(Yard Slug) IHB 1515(SW1500) IHB 1505(SW1500)
Views:  650   Comments: 0
Sundown switching
Title:  Sundown switching
Description:  Indiana Harbor Belt Blue Island yard
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 12/28/2015 11:36:49 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  IHB 1509(SW1500)
Views:  142   Comments: 0
IHB Blue Island Yard
Title:  IHB Blue Island Yard
Description:  Sun setting on the Indiana Harbor Belts Blue Island yard. I was hoping to catch SP #4449 passing through here but it was elsewhere. Photo from the Halsted Street overpass.
Photo Date:  7/31/2009  Upload Date: 12/28/2015 11:35:15 PM
Location:  Chicago, IL
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  IHB 4013(GP40-2) IHB 2920(SD20) IHB 4014(GP40-2) IHB 4011(GP40-2) IHB 1521(SW1500) IHB 1522(SW1500) IHB 1524(SW1500)
Views:  379   Comments: 1
Cotton Belt Shreveport Yard
Title:  Cotton Belt Shreveport Yard
Description:  Later the Union Pacific Riverside Yard
Photo Date:  5/1/1988  Upload Date: 10/24/2016 9:59:20 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2517(SW1500) SSW 2491(SW1500)
Views:  297   Comments: 1
Southern Pacific / SSW Switcher
Title:  Southern Pacific / SSW Switcher
Description:  Downtown Shreveport
Photo Date:  5/1/1988  Upload Date: 10/24/2016 9:58:30 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2491(SW1500)
Views:  201   Comments: 1
Cotton Belt switchers
Title:  Cotton Belt switchers
Description:  Southbound at downtown Shreveport
Photo Date:  6/1/1989  Upload Date: 10/26/2016 1:36:52 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2514(SW1500) SSW 2588(SW1500)
Views:  341   Comments: 0
Parked Switchers
Title:  Parked Switchers
Description:  Espee had a habbit of leaving switchers parked at this spur, which served Georgia Pacific and some kind of chemical factory.
Photo Date:  10/1/1988  Upload Date: 10/17/2016 12:24:19 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2587(SW1500) SSW 2516(SW1500)
Views:  388   Comments: 1
SSW 2516
Title:  SSW 2516
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/1/1988  Upload Date: 10/17/2016 12:25:24 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2516(SW1500)
Views:  250   Comments: 1
Cotton Belt switcher
Title:  Cotton Belt switcher
Description:  Switching downtown
Photo Date:  5/1/1988  Upload Date: 10/24/2016 9:58:50 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2517(SW1500)
Views:  222   Comments: 0
SSW 2520
Title:  SSW 2520
Description:  Downtown Shreveport, Riverside Yard. I-20 bridge in the background.
Photo Date:  3/20/1988  Upload Date: 10/23/2016 6:26:19 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2520(SW1500)
Views:  278   Comments: 0
Downtown switchers
Title:  Downtown switchers
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/30/1988  Upload Date: 10/23/2016 6:27:36 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2520(SW1500) SSW 2589(SW1500)
Views:  324   Comments: 0
SSW 2581
Title:  SSW 2581
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/23/2016 5:53:23 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2581(SW1500)
Views:  261   Comments: 1
Cotton Belt 2581
Title:  Cotton Belt 2581
Description:  Parked at the Georgia Pacific spur alongside Mansfield Road
Photo Date:  9/1/1987  Upload Date: 10/23/2016 5:53:55 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2581(SW1500)
Views:  159   Comments: 0
SSW 2589 - downtown Shreveport
Title:  SSW 2589 - downtown Shreveport
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/20/1988  Upload Date: 10/23/2016 6:26:54 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2589(SW1500)
Views:  254   Comments: 0
SSW 2590
Title:  SSW 2590
Description:  Parked off of Mansfield Road. Once I realized what crappy pictures this camera took, I ditched it.
Photo Date:  10/1/1988  Upload Date: 10/17/2016 12:32:49 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 2590(SW1500)
Views:  364   Comments: 1
KCS Switchers
Title:  KCS Switchers
Description:  Jordan Street grade crossing
Photo Date:  8/1/1988  Upload Date: 4/30/2017 12:54:36 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4344(SW1500) KCS 4321(SW1500)
Views:  211   Comments: 0
KCS Switchers on the move
Title:  KCS Switchers on the move
Description:  Two KCS switchers cross the now-defunct Jordan Street grade crossing.
Photo Date:  8/1/1988  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 10:20:38 PM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4344(SW1500)
Views:  162   Comments: 0
KCS Deramus Yard
Title:  KCS Deramus Yard
Description:  An SW1500 is looking pretty tore down outside the locmotive shops. Best guesses on the locomotive numbers.
Photo Date:  2/1/1988  Upload Date: 4/30/2017 12:56:36 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 629(SD40-3) KCS 4359(SW1500)
Views:  248   Comments: 1
KCS Deramus Yard
Title:  KCS Deramus Yard
Description:  2 SW1500 switchers and a GP30
Photo Date:  2/1/1988  Upload Date: 4/30/2017 12:56:15 AM
Location:  Shreveport, LA
Author:  Robert Powers
Categories:  Yard,Action
Locomotives:  KCS 4361(SW1500) KCS 4362(SW1500)
Views:  373   Comments: 0

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