Erie Mining/LTV Steel owned three Alco C420’s. Number 7222 was delivered as # 602 in 1965 and in 1991 was assigned to the Hoyt Lakes plant site where it worked crude ore trains hauling rock from... (more)

Just past the Junction and headed to the shops.

Southbound train near Holbrook - not much of a train, but those nice clean Alco units make the photo!

Southbound near Holbrook, AZ gets underway with a heavy train as the engineer throttles up....making the Alco units do what they do best!

Southbound near Holbrook, AZ under thundering skies.

Southbound at the AZ Hwy 377 crossing.

The Apache Railway's Holbrook turn is seen departing Holbrook, Az. after completing it's work at the BNSF interchange.

The Apache Railway's Holbrook turn is seen departing Holbrook, Az. after completing it's work at the BNSF interchange while a Alco does what they do best.

Westbound near Snowflake Junction with a nice cloud of Alco smoke.

Apache Rwy Holbrook turn climbing away from Holbrook, AZ and interchange with BNSF

L&N Alco C420 1305 at Etowah, TN in this October 1974 scene.

Nearing the summit of the long grade out of Scranton, these two ALCO's easily handle the 5 car Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society excursion train on it's return trip to the Delaware W... (more)

"LV 414" and DL 4118 depart East Stroudsburg with the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society "Scranton Day Trip" excursion. The train is continuing on to its final stop at the Delaware W... (more)

Symbolic of the looming storm coming with the paper mill closure the Apache Railroad itself is trying to find ways to stay ahead of the darkness and keep in business.

81 heads back south.