Litwar Processing Plant sits along the NS Pokey near Iaeger WV. Coal Mining is a dirty business, but has fueled America since the Industrial Revolution. Its days "appear" to be numbered... (more)

Erie Lackawanna Alco S-2, 1963. A partially-repainted Alco switcher passing Todd Shipyards, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Empire Coke's S2 #9068 at Holt, AL || April 1984

At the Mid-Atlantic Materials sand pit, there's a former Western Maryland S2 in full WM paint under all of that sand.

Alco S2 #1043 working at Plainview, TX || Sept 1990

Restored NYS&W S2 206 sits proudly at the Maywood Station Museum. The museum acquired this locomotive from the United Railroad Historical Society and restored it into the original NYS&W color sche... (more)

A pair of ALCOs were working the South Buffalo yard in Buffalo

MDW 19 - 18, rest between duties at International Falls, MN. 4/11/2000

What a day makes. Yesterday I wondered why the Alco was in an easy to photograph location, this evening I found the answer.

Railroad: Relco Locomotive (RLCX)
Locomotive: Alco S2
Location: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Locomotive #: RLCX 1063
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: January 20, 2015

While running around the Port of Milwaukee at 6:30am waiting for a ship to arrive for winter layup I managed to come across Nidera Grain's Alco S2 switcher parked at the end of the yard. Very rar... (more)

STE job returning from WP interchange in Stockton

MRS switch unit sitting at MRS facility St Louis

This former B&O S-2 is still on the roster but a pair of rebuilt "hammerhead" UP EMD switchers do most of the work today at the Boise plant in Frostbite Falls.

Conrad Yelvington Alco S2 239 pulls cars through the dumper. The train came in the night before as CSX K916.

Retired Kentucky & Tennessee Railway Alco S2 #105, lettered for the K&T's Big South Fork Scenic operation, rests inside the old K&T Heavy Repair Shop at Stearns. This very shop is where K&T 12, a.... (more)