An eastbound C&NW ore drag rolls through Empire Junction, MI on June 7, 1983 with three Alco C628s.

C&NW Alco C628s No's. 6707 and 6717 spend the night in the roundhouse at Escanaba, MI on May 25, 1982.

After waiting out a meet with a eastbound ore load and taking a lunch break at the Little Lake VFW this westbound empty has tied back onto their train and with one of the few Zito yellow C628's on... (more)

CNW 6718,808 head an Extra Powers Turn around the wye with 29 cars near the ore dock. The CNW GP30's would be found around Escanaba every now and then during the late 70's if power became tight. T... (more)

N&W C628 #1111 on the point of an eastbound merchandise train in Roanoke, June 1971.

617 poses in front of the Colonie Shops. It was one of only a few C-628s that were still in service at the time of this photo.

606, 608, and an RS-3 sit parked on one of the dead tracks at Colonie. These units had run out of time on the D&H and were not returned to service.

LV C628 #634 in the original, as delivered, "Snowbird" paint scheme at Allentown, PA in the summer of 1974.

Conrail is so new that they haven't even had time to screw up a really nice paint job yet. Sometime folks I just get depressed and think we ought to say the heck with it, merge everthing into one... (more)

Rare birds indeed were Monon’s nine Alco C628s (400-408), acquired in 1964. A third of the entire roster is shown at Louisville’s Youngtown Yard in June 1965. The Hoosier Line deemed the big-f... (more)

Winter was hard on the Lehigh Valley and this pair of Alco C628's [625/634] has just arrived on a train from Buffalo. Railfans and some crews affectionately called them "Snowbirds". But they rod... (more)

CNW 6723,6716,6720 roll east near Macfarland on a sunny fall afternoon. The big Alcos had quite a few more years of ore service in their future and did not get laid up until Dec. of 1986.

The D&H! Classic D&H back when they ran Alco locomotives including this C-628, taking a ride on the turntable. The unit will be paired with another and be the pusher set later this day. The rou... (more)

CNW 6704,6712,6702 have 105 loads on the roll at Partridge. This was the C628's last spring in ore service and they probably were the last Century's operating for a major RR in the US. A few had b... (more)

The CNW ore lines were a pretty boring piece of railroad during the the 1975-1986 time frame. The C628's were generally the only power to be seen except for the rare BLD-EMD and then later 4-axle ... (more)