Double-Dose of Red Alcos

With an unusually long train in tow, Monday's edition of the MO-1 has both ME 19/18 for power as the train eases Westbound along West Dewey Ave in Whar... (more)

When I began photography, the N&W, the SP, and the CP were still running Fairbanks Morse H-24-66 Trainmasters, but their territory was prohibitively beyond my range of travel. As a result, this is... (more)

Of all of the types of yard power that I have encountered over the years, the Norfolk & Western switchers at Lambert’s Point in the early 1980’s were my favorites. Taken out of road service, b... (more)

ICG RS-1 re-engined by EMD waits for an assignment at former GM & O Glenn Yard.

American Ductile #103 at Birmingham, AL || April 1985

Two of San Francisco Bay Railroad's Bio Diesel Alco S2s sit idle.

Lehigh Valley class AF-27, Alco C628, was the backbone of the LV’s latter-day road fleet. After purchasing eight of the six axle beasts new from Alco, the LV jumped on the opportunity to get ni... (more)

A railroad down the Delmarva Peninsula - from Wilmington, Delaware to Cape Charles, Virginia - was completed by Pennsylvania Railroad subsidiary New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk in 1884. This lin... (more)

A brace of D&H power comprising four Alco’s and a GE threads its way out of the East Binghamton engine terminal.

Built originally for the Duluth Winnipeg & Pacific Railway, Wimpey Minerals USA employed this Alco RS-11 for several years during the early 1990s to handle switching at the limestone quarry in Ann... (more)

Double Dose of ALCO Power

While the Morristown & Erie is one of the few railroads still using ALCO power in 2015 catch both units on a freight is a true rarity. However on a go... (more)

The pride of Reading Tech, C630 5308, poses at Temple, PA during the Blue Mountain and Reading 1988 railfan weekend.

The classic Alco cloud of smoke shoots out of DL 2403 as it takes the annual Christmas train to the station at East Stroudsburg, Pa.

In steam days, Union Pacific was one of Alco’s best customers, turning to the Schenectady, New York, builder for the Northerns, Challengers and Big Boys that were the epitome of modern power. Wi... (more)

A West Jersey Railroad train passes through Alloway Junction on its way from Salem to Swedesboro.