A 1981 trip to the Midwest included a few absolutely miserable weather days in the Ohio River Valley. One of the biggest prizes on those days was a chance to photograph one of seven Alco S5’s ev... (more)

An Alco C425 leads an empty train away from the power plant on the Navajo Mine Railroad. Power for the train is coming from an E60 on the rear, while the C425 is used as a cab car. The Alco retain... (more)

Piedmont & Northern C420s 2000 and 2001 working at Spartanburg, SC with a set of Clinchfield EMDs waiting in the distance in this June 1969 scene.

Before the Potomac Eagle

When the State of West Virginia purchased the B&O line from Green Spring to Morefield, It found a pair of army surplus MRS1’s to power the South Branch ... (more)

With the news of the railway placing its entire fleet of MLW M420's up for sale, time is running out for fans to catch these beasts roaming the prairies of Saskatchewan. Great Western Railway 2000... (more)

North Platte, Nebraska, was and remains the place to sample everything old and new running on the Union Pacific. On October 2, 1966, the new included Alco Century 855 61, parked at the fuel rack j... (more)

Looking a bit worse for wear, the New York & Lake Erie's pair of MLW FPA cab units gets out of town with a Memorial Day weekend excursion to South Dayton.

Shuffling a cut of coal cars in the Norfolk & Western's yard in Norfolk, Virginia, in December 1982 is a trio of T-6 switchers: 32, 43 and 11. Of the 57 T-6s built by Alco, 40 of them were owned... (more)

A faded BN 1537 idles in MD&W's yard at International Falls waiting for its rested crew to take it south to Superior. This was the last run of BNSF's I-Falls local over DW&P. Dubbed the "Gree... (more)

Leaving Martin. I always loved the sound of these locomotives.

No safety vests were required on a hot summer day - or any day - back in 1974. One of the few RS-1s to get orange and white leads two unrepainted Alcos as they put together a train for the Prattv... (more)

Operating on a former Canadian Pacific branchline, Bell Gaz snow plow is heading south toward the interchange with Quebec Gatineau at Joliette.

The Apache's Last Stand

I consider myself very fortunate to have had the opportunity to shoot the last great Alco show in the west. Back in May of 2012 I went on an epic week lon... (more)