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GM&O RS-1 #1122, Glenn Yard, Chicago, IL, February 14, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler
This is a closeup of the photo I posted earlier. It helps explain what I said about the road number in the headlight glass in the second line of the photo here...
The New York, Susquehanna & Western has several ex-Cartier Railway (Que) Alco Century units in active use. Now #3664, ex #41 is depicted in the middle of a six engine consist hauling a freight southbound at Binghamton.
UP RS-27 #675 and #676, Valley, NE, September 2, 1962, photo by Lou Schmitz, Chuck Zeiler collection
Alco built five RS-27 (DL-640) demonstrators, numbered 640-1 through 640-5, which toured 22 railroads between January - April 1960. After the tour, three of the demonstrators were sent to the...
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Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
Not that long ago gangs of these MLW's ruled CP's mainlines - now they're replaced with AC4400CW's and SD40-2's. This example was retired in 1999 and sent to Canada's biggest RR museum near Montreal, QC called EXPORAIL.
I know this should be in the museum section, but this beast was retired...
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Do end-cab switchers have a "face," per se? The hood end is invariably the front, but that makes for a face that would make Jimmy Durante envious.
San Francisco Belt Alco S-2's #49 (ex-23) and 25 had long been fixtures at San Francisco's Golden Gate Railroad Museum, but the units...
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