CM&E Alco C415 684 switches Curis WA on a dreary Day in September 1977

LONGVIEW WA May 24 1984 — Columbia & Cowlitz C-415s CLC 701 and CLC 702 idle at the Weyerhauser facility. Fellow railfan Greg Hall and I headed up to my sister's in Vancouver WA for a week's wor... (more)

Debuting the Mohawk, Adirondak & Northern Railroad's Alco C425 2455's repainting into a BC Rail inspired two-tone green paint scheme, a portion of the railroad's roster was posed at the engine hou... (more)

Profile shot of an ex-SP unit, complete with lights. Photo by unknown, from my collection.

Originally C&O, later LS&I, I have seen no proof that these units were actually used on NERR. The Alco truck was notoriously hard on curves which may have been a reason.

Originally LS & I . Note the odd MU setup. Air? Have yet to see a picture of these actually doing any work on this railroad or WTNN where they went later. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my col... (more)

Originally TC, this unit was switching. At times it was a slug mom but on this date the unit was teamed with a C420. I wish now we had shot some of those US Steel hoppers.

End of the line for N&W Alco C630 and four EMD GP9's. 135 was originally numbered 1135. Fortunately 1135 did not get scrapped and is now on display at the Virginia Museum of Transportation in Roa... (more)

A real chop job, truck engine in the long hood. Photo by Jim Satterwhite, from my collection.

Cartier Railways Alco RSD15 92 is just out of the shop and being tested around the shop area. These were built for the B&LE as High nose units and chopped nosed by the Cartier. as a point of i... (more)

A Very Old and Rare Alco HH600 # 2302 owned by American Grains sits a Plainview Tx in May 1977. This was the former Santa Fe 2302 built in August 1937. it was one of the first Diesel Switchers d... (more)

SP seemed to to have at least one of everything. One of the rarities got a few more years of life doing light duty on this little shoreline. Photo by Dave Petke, from my collection.

Latest acquisition. Efforting the history of this ALCO. International Intermodal Center on the long hood leads to Huntsville, Alabama. IIC-107. Ex Dupont 107; ex DOE 39-5309. Serial #. 79052.

A very Rare Bird/ This Is a API620 rebuilt out of a Alco RSD5 at the roads Empalme shops. This I believe was the first unit done. It leads train number 2 into the yard at Nogales on a early morn... (more)

National Locomotive was a start up locomotive rebuilder on the propery of the Morristown & Erie Railroad in Morristown NJ. They had a bunch of retired Norfolk & Western RS36s and RS11s that they w... (more)