Southern Railway train number 46, The Tennessean, is led by ALCO DL-109 6401 as it leans into the curve at Johnson City Tennessee in 1950. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.
The DL-109, introduced in 1940, was Alco's first production model road diesel, and the last surviving example was New Haven 0716, which had been converted to a stationary power plant and renumbere... (more)
These are ALCO DL 109's. The New Haven had 60. 0701 on the right was built in 1941 while 0758 came in 1945. I shot them at the Charles Street roundhouse in 1956 and in three years all would be ... (more)
I shot New Haven ALCO DL 109 0700 and 0728 at the Putnam, CT stop on a fan trip I was riding originating in Boston.
GM&O DL-109's 272 and 270 at the engine service facility at Union station