On a lovely Sunday morning, the D.U.R.R. beings preparations for their first train of the morning.

A beautiful day to take a ride on a train. Delaware & Ulster's first trip of the day from Arkville to Roxbury.

Delaware & Ulster's former D&H Alco RS-36 #5017 waits at Arkville Station to bring another train to and from Roxbury as a family of four heads for the station to get their tickets.

D&H 5019 shown at North Creek, NY on the Upper Hudson River Railway.

Alco RS-36 at Roxbury waiting to work train 18, 12h10 to Arkville on 31st August 2012.

Feeding eight motors required high throttle settings and this ex-TC unit is slugging it out as it shoves a large cut of the stuff that made Corbin great.

All over Eastern Kentucky there were these "boomers" from other original owners with their slugs. The slugs were cut down RS-3s. This unit came from Tennessee Central. I don't think I ever saw ... (more)

This was Valhalla for Alcos in those days. They had a huge yard and it was really isolated from the beaten path. Even my Dad, who wasn't a railfan, liked to watch the switchers rev up, whistle, ... (more)

retired

retired

Back on home rails, LA&L 418 heads south after picking up cars from CSX and R&S in Rochester. LA&L 418 started life as NKP 865. Later became N&W 2865, ONCT 86, ONCT 418 and now LA&L 418.

NF&D 2 @ Emporia, VA || July 1972

Southbound after making station stop at Saratoga Springs. At this time RS-36s and RS-11s were assigned along with PAs on the Adirondacks.

NF&D Alco RS-36 No. 2 was fresh in off a run from Danville when it was being serviced at Lawrenceville, VA on March 26, 1977. The locomotive sanding operation on the NF&D was an exercise in physi... (more)

We were in Lawrenceville, VA on March 26, 1977. Spring had started to arrive in Southside Virginia and NF&D's freight train from Danville had arrived, yarded its train, and was putting the engine... (more)