One of Southern's several spacer car operations - this one inherited from Central of Georgia - was between Albany and Dothan, Alabama. The relatively light spacer cars spread the weight of the Alc... (more)

An ALCO meet on a fine Spring morning.

It's off to work.

4068 pushes cars over Bridge 60 into position to be taken out of the yard by another ALCO. What a nice way to spend the morning.

The Wrentham Local is heading back to Readville after a long day of switching. Night fall is upon us with just enough light to capture the mood.

I think this is a rare one... Railway Supply Co used the old WofA shops in Montgomery to perform a variety of railroad- related jobs, the biggest of which was converting worn-out RS-3s to slugs fo... (more)

Leased Delaware & Hudson RS-3's 161 and 163 cross the Blackstone River on their daily run shortly after their dinner hour departure, a few months into their tenure.

Boston bound Commute, The newly repainted equipment and upscale Boston suburb suggest an optimism for PC' s future, which was not shared in the executive offices in Philadelphia.

RS-3 rebuild 4250 basks in a setting sun at Escanaba roundhouse. The unit was rebuilt by Alco with a 251 engine and RS-11 style long hood in 1960 after an accident in 1959. This unit was plagued w... (more)

Alco builder's photo of Interstate RS-3 #31 courtesy of the Collection of Ron Flanary. The 88-mile Interstate was located in the southwest corner of Virginia. Its chief business was to haul coal f... (more)

If you were a fan of Alco's, the Green Bay area was a good place to be in the early 80's. CNW had transferred the Huron Alco's east to work out the last of their years with ore service C628's. Thi... (more)

The paint schemes and running condition of some of the historic locomotives in service on the Delaware-Lackawanna make it possible to imagine what it was like in this region 50-60 years ago. Here... (more)

Goodwin Railroad RS-3 #1 awaiting work at Concord, NH || May 1977

The nose has been chopped but not the single beam headlight and the distinctive friction bearing Canadian B tranks. The always looked like they might be sturdier and better riding.

There was excellent representation of the "Anthracite Roads" today in Scranton as beautifully restored CNJ 1554 idles outside the D-L shops after receiving some maintenance. In the distance, C420... (more)