ALCO Safari Day 7, Delaware Lackawanna: Due to needing extra power for the day, it was determined that Job LL1 would shove PO74 up the hill, cut off, and then grab the head two units at Tob... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 7, Delaware Lackawanna: PO74 has finished putting their train together, and 10,000 pure ALCO horsepower starts their train on the 1.5% grade out of Scranton.

ALCO Safari Day 7, Delaware Lackawanna: After putting their power together PO74 pulls up to Ridge Row with a cut of center beams and grain loads, and will have to build the remainder of the... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 7, Delaware Lackawanna: Upon arriving in Scranton, I pulled the old "be at Bridge 60 at 8am" trick, and like clockwork, I was rewarded with Job PO74 assembling the... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: Upon arriving back in Utica, the MA&N crew drops the train at the West end of the yard, and runs lite to the Utica transload area, where gravel and rock is being lo... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After gathering the rest of their train, having to wait for track work and a WB intermodal, the MA&N highballs on the high iron. These GVT ALCOs are no slouches, an... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: Not having much work this day, the MA&N crew makes a quick trip to downtown Rome to collect 3 empty flat cars from American Alloy Steel.

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: Having gathered up a bunch of outbound empty cars, the MA&N crew pulls ahead to clear the crossing, and will preform an air test before heading to downtown Rome. MH... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After finishing their work at Sovena, just a quick pull/spot, the crew heads back West to gather up a few more empties before heading to downtown Rome.

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: At the end of the Air Force base trackage, the MA&N crew goes about switching Sovena USA, an olive oil manufacturer. These heavy loads may very well be tanks of you... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: While heading to Sovena USA, the MA&N plies the weeds at Otis St. uncharacteristic of most of the well manicured track in the old Air Force base, turned industrial ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 6, MA&N: After running lite engine from Utica, the daily MA&N job grabs a handful of tanks for Sovena USA, an olive oil manufacturer. In charge today is one of GVT's snazzy ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: One of the last shots of the day, the road job highballs Papermill Rd. with one car for Lakeville. This would prove to be a short day for the crew, and they would t... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: When finished switching in Avon, the road job departs with just one car for Lakeville, the majority of the inbound traffic having been for Barilla. There are a few ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: After arriving in Avon, 425 and 433 go to work switching Barilla USA. This is not easy work, the inbound flour loads are quite heavy and the curvature of the track ... (more)