Who can resist this pair of EMD switchers?

GWWR4399GB_220902

ALTHOUGH OWNED BY the Kansas City Southern SW1500 No. GWWR 4399 (ex-Pittsburgh & Lake Erie P&LE 1543/Chicago Missouri & Western CMNW 1543, blt. 05/73) wears the branding of Class II bridge line subsidiary Gateway Western Railway as it purrs into the shared ICE/KCS Knoche Yard, in Kansas City, Missouri, with a transfer freight on September 22nd, 2002.

DBGX2305GB_240902

Once a part of the huge Southern Pacific roster (ex-SP 2305/2210, TNO 110, blt. EMD, Cleveland, OH. 04/53), SW9 switcher No. DBGX 2305 now ekes out a living shuffling grain cars at the DeBruce Grain elevator in Abilene, Kansas. The 1,200hp ‘goat’ was recorded on September 24th, 2002.