You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser.
alco
Railroadforums.com is a free online Railroad Discussion Forum and Railroad Photo Gallery for railroaders, railfans, model railroaders and anyone else who is interested in railroads. We cover a wide variety of topics, including freight trains, passenger and commuter railroads, rail news and information, tourist railroads, railway museums and railroad history.
Inside the forward end of the 529 are visible...
main air compressor at right with engine air intake filters above and turbocharger intake pipe,
turbocharger at top center with intake air conduit, the large pipe curving down from the turbo and back to the prime mover,
exhaust manifold pipes...
Southern Pacific Alco switcher #1210 at an unknown location. Photographer unknown, Brian Sopke collection. Date is probably around the late 1960's as some of the other photos in the group were of GN Sky blue boxcars.
The San Francisco Belt Railroad employs two kinds of goats. One for kicking cars, the other kind for eating the weeds between the rails. They operate a waste transloading operation out of one of the piers and have a small yard on the southeast side of town. Built for the railroad in 1946, Alco...
"Big Al" prods the Railroad Museum of New England's ex New Haven RS-3 529 in a runby at Jericho bridge on Sept. 9, 2001. The 529 worked for Amtrak as it's #138 before "coming home" to the RMNE's Naugatuck RR. Photographic records show that the 529 actually worked on the...
The Railroad Museum of New England's "baby" makes a spirited runby across Jericho bridge in Thomaston, CT. on Sept. 9, 2001 during one of the RMNE's Railfan's Days. Built in August, 1950, the 529 is the sole survivor of a group of 45 (517-561) Alco RS-3's owned by the New Haven Railroad.
LB Railco, a waste hauler based out of the Port of San Francisco, owns two Alco S-2 switchers for shuttling cars around their facility. #25 is seen working today to make up a train for the outbound South City Switcher, the daily UP job that serves industries in San Francisco. The power for the...
Alco C-636 Born as SP&S 330 in December 1967. It was renumbered in the BN merger as 4360. Purchased in the declining years of Alco production the 3600 HP unit was not a popular item with BN's mechanical department & was retired in Nov. 1980. Railfans loved them & it was a sad day...
SP 794, sister of Austin Steam Train's 786 at Sunset Station in San Antonio...the siding she's on is still concted to the main (with some asphalt over it)!
RailroadForums.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com
RailroadBookstore.com - An online railroad bookstore featuring a curated selection of new and used railroad books. Railroad pictorials, railroad history, steam locomotives, passenger trains, modern railroading. Hundreds of titles available, most at discount prices! We also have a video and children's book section.
ModelRailroadBookstore.com - An online model railroad bookstore featuring a curated selection of new and used books. Layout design, track plans, scenery and structure building, wiring, DCC, Tinplate, Toy Trains, Price Guides and more.
Affiliate Disclosure: We may receive a commision from some of the links and ads shown on this website (Learn More Here)