Winchester & Western (WW) 811 - EMD GP9

Wearing a paint scheme reminiscent of its original Nickel Plate scheme, this Winchester & Western GP9 was caught in the early morning light at the Bridgeton, NJ, yard. The photo credit on the slide appears to be Bob Eistue or Eisture.

SW Boulevard at 1523.

Gershal Avenue at 1333.

Gershal Avenue at 1333.

Kenyon Avenue at 1324.

Morton Avenue at 1311.

Nixon Avenue at 1306.

Carmel Woodruff Road at 1255.

The W&W now takes to the Southern Main on the way to Millville at 1246.

Rosenhayn Avenue at 1209.

The train heads back north to the yard at Pamphylia Avenue at 1158.

Penn Street at 0957.

The crew now heads down the C&M by Penn Street at 0957.

Built February 1959 as NKP 811.

Cornwell Drive at 0923.

W&Ws crew runs down the Deerfield Branch by Silver Lake Road at 0916 with 2 cars.

SM-2 works the yard after arriving from Millville a few minutes before

Ex NKP GP9 811 on the rear of WW SM-2 passes an abandoned grain elevator along the former CNJ Southern Division

Winchester and Western SM-2 passes through the center of Vineland, almost to the diamond

WW SM-2 making its way to the Vineland Diamond

Winchester and Western SM-2 heads up the Vineland Secondary

Winchester & Western 811 leads WW SM-2 north on Conrail Shared Assets trackage

W&W SM-2 passes underneath Rt 55 on its way north up the Vineland Secondary. MI-21 can be seen in the distance

Winchester and Western local SM-2 departs Millville Yard with Ex NKP 811 in the lead

CSAO MI-21 works the yard as Winchester & Western SM-2 is ready to depart

Another of Winchester & Westerns NKP scheme units. They look really good in this paint job.

Winchester & Western ran a group of ex NW geeps in south Jersey. Several had no makrings beyond initials and a number, but a few had been repainted into this attractive NKP style scheme.

The Winchester & Western local waits on CSAO MI-21 to enter Millville Yard

The two W&W units 954 & 811 are often seen working Hillville Yard together

Sitting at the south end of Millville Yard

954 & 811 working the interchange yard in Millville

In Millville Yard

811 idles in Millville Yard as 954 works the industries further down the line

After a busy day of work, the W&W power duo shoves a line of covered hoppers back into the yard

The usually paired set of W&W power is split to switch cars at Millville yard

Working the yard in Millville.

SD-9M 954 and GP9 811 make up todays power

With the empty cars on the main line, the W&W power make the delivery back into Durand Glass

After picking up the empty cars from Durand Glass Manufacturing, 954 and 811 cross Wade Blvd and back onto the main

954 and 811 back into the Durand Glass plant to pick up the empties

W&W 954 and 811 head off with cars for the glass plant in Millville

Side shot of W&W 954 (SD-9M), 811 (GP9)