S4 #106 leads an ore train on the TN Copper Rwy at Copper Hill in Sptember 1969. The smelter fumes killed all the vegetation in this area turning it into a desert. Today, the land has been reclaim... (more)

Alco S4 105 of the Claremont Concord Railroad at the 2006 Glory Days of the Railroad Festival.

Former Portland Terminal Alco built in 1950 has long been a staple on the Conway Scenic. Once up for sale, she now has a new lease on life and should remain stabled in the North Country for many ... (more)

A ex-Delray Connecting exx-PH&D S4 sits at the end of the NS spur to the elevator awaiting disposition after being replaced by a EMD. Alco number 2 for the day.

Rest In Pieces. This locomotive and I have had an odd relationship. From the time I was old enough to drive by myself, I had been periodically visiting this engine at her former home in Nor... (more)

On a cold and quiet evening, G&U Alco S4 212 sits parked on a siding in the railroad's West Upton yard. Of the railroad's three locomotives which served the line prior to the 2008 management chang... (more)

I had to blow it up to find the number (on the front). She's probably retired and sold but still at home for a while. By the way, for the youngsters, those big buildings in the background are ca... (more)

CPR 7099 was a regular around Sault Ste. Marie for years. In this photo the elderly Alco has just been started up in anticipation of the afternoon switch crews arrival. It's a chilly late October ... (more)

B&M transfer cut from the Central Vermont on the main thoroughfare beside the station. Black Alco Switchers were every where on the old B&M. This is a real grab shot. My dad stopped the car long e... (more)

Claremont & Concord Alco S4 105 is in the eight notch and crawling across the Connecticut River with 700 tons of cement cars trailing the 160-ton locomotive with a blown turbocharger.

Claremont & Concord Alco S4 105 puts on a show while switching the cement hoppers at the West Lebanon, NH Eagle Leaf Transload yard. The Alco has blown the turbocharger and is working hard and gi... (more)

Piedmont & Northern 1002 leading a short but "classic" freight train at Ranlo, NC in 1969.

Piedmont & Northern 1005 awaiting its next assignment in Greenville, June 1969

Piedmont & Northern S-4 1005 working a cut of cars (including a NYC boxcar) at Greenville, SC, in June 1969.