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  1. Alco in Danbury

    Alco in Danbury

    As seen from the Danbury, CT Metro North station - on display in the local railroad museum.
  2. My 1st ALCO!!!!

    My 1st ALCO!!!!

    An Alco S-4 sitting in Rarus Railway's yard in Anaconda, Mt. It's one of the least likely places I'd expect to find an ALCO.
  3. GM&O RS-1 #1122, Chicago, IL, Feb. 14, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler

    GM&O RS-1 #1122, Chicago, IL, Feb. 14, 1965, photo by Chuck Zeiler

    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...
  4. WCRR Alco up close

    WCRR Alco up close

    You can almost smell the fumes. Aaah.
  5. WCRR Mother's Day Special

    WCRR Mother's Day Special

    Easing thru the Xing at Cheyney PA
  6. NYS&W 3664

    NYS&W 3664

    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.
  7. BinghamtonNYB172007_jpg

    BinghamtonNYB172007_jpg

    NYS&W Mechanical Dept. is giving SD40-T #3014 a much needed bath, especially being parked next to an Alco.
  8. UP RS-27 #675, Valley, NE, Sept. 2, 1962, photo by Lou Schmitz

    UP RS-27 #675, Valley, NE, Sept. 2, 1962, photo by Lou Schmitz

    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...
  9. Short but Sweet

    Short but Sweet

    Delaware Lackawanna train PT98 with its short train heads east towards the delaware Water Gap.
  10. Snoozing ALCos

    Snoozing ALCos

  11. Vrooom!

    Vrooom!

    Two types of vintage motive power meet at the West Chester RR, Glen Mills PA.
  12. Alligators

    Alligators

    Three LS&I RSD-15s switch the hill yard at Marquette.
  13. CP Rail C-424

    CP Rail C-424

    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...
  14. In your...hood?

    In your...hood?

    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...
  15. Rock Island Memories

    Rock Island Memories

    C-415 #422 and Caboose prepare to leave the EJ&E Joliet IL yard after making a delivery in April of 1974. Dan Tracy Photo
  16. Locomotives in Mayrink 62

    Locomotives in Mayrink 62

    A veterana ALCo acomodando trem de capina qumica no ptio de Iper. (The veteran ALCo accommodating train of chemical weeding in the patio of Iper).
  17. Locomotives in Mayrink 61

    Locomotives in Mayrink 61

    A veterana ALCo acomodando trem de capina qumica no ptio de Iper. (The veteran ALCo accommodating train of chemical weeding in the patio of Iper).
  18. BN  4197 North

    BN 4197 North

    The Ferndale Turn always had the most interesting lashups. Ex-NP ALCO RS11 4197 makes its first appearance in Bellingham in 1971.
  19. Burlington Junction C-415

    Burlington Junction C-415

    BJRY 701 pulling a covered hopper through a parking lot into the Burlington Junction yard, on the north side of Burlington.
  20. Arkansas Alcos

    Arkansas Alcos

    Former Belt RY of Chicago Alcos lead a short local in Springdale, Arkansas.




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