Amtrak's New York-Montreal passenger train, the Adirondack, makes a station stop in Rensselaer, NY. A crew member looks back from the alco's cab as a Conrail switcher works in the background. In i... (more)

Alco PA-1 No. 190, dressed in Nickel Plate Road livery, undergoes a from the ground up restoration at the Oregon Rail Heritage Center in Portland, Oregon. The beautiful locomotive was built the 62... (more)

EMD and Alco products, in two PRR paint colors, are spotted side by side in the pit along Roundhouse Rd. at Lewistown. The edge of the turntable is seen on the left, it still shows as operational... (more)

The eastbound California Zephyr crosses the Colorado River as it slows for a station stop at Glenwood Springs.

Evening at Boston's South station area with ex D&H PA1 19 (PA4u,ex ATSF PA1) leading an MBTA regional.

The broadside view of Santa Fe Alco PA-1 56L illustrates the graceful lines admired by so many.

The westbound SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF sits in Amarillo behind a set of A-A-B-A Alco units.

The A-B-B-A set of Alco PA units accelerates the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF out of town as two crewmen wave. Santa Fe's first GP35, 1300, leads a group of units sitting at the fuel rack.

A long set of Alco A-B-B-A units is ready to back down to train 1, SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF, at Clovis. The train came into town behind another A-B-B-B set.

Alco A-B-B units accelerate with train 76, CALIFORNIA SPECIAL on their way to Lubbock and eventually Temple, TX. This train was comprised of some cars picked up from the SAN FRANCISCO CHIEF in Clo... (more)

ATSF Alco 52L sits with a B unit at Clovis.

In the terminal at San Diego waiting to take a train to L.A. The prime mover was a 244 series engine.

I got two PAs in my first American Flyer train. It's a shame this is the only condition I ever actually saw them in, stripped of parts and waiting for the price of stainless steel to go up.

Alco PA-1 853 now belongs to Erie-Lackawanna but still wears Erie green, its second color scheme. This was a Saturday morning and this unit and several RS-3 units were idle in the small yard.