OCTL 85 sits along side of the Buffalo Structural Steel Building on a late summer afternoon. This Alco switcher was build in March of 1950. It served under South Buffalo Railway and New York and L... (more)

K&T Alco S2 102, the last remaining locomotive on the roster from when the K&T dieselized in the 1960's, brings a short 2 car passenger train over the bridge at Blue Heron.

The hostler double checks the turntable alignment at Canadian Pacific’s Smiths Falls, Ontario roundhouse. Soon the S2 will be on its way down the branch to Brockville.

An ex-Interstate yard crew shoves three (Nos. 1, 2 and 3) of Westmoreland Coal's re-engined Alco S2's through Appalachia en route to Andover Yard. Interestingly, the units are now lettered PRC 1, ... (more)

Brightly painted Bay Colony RR Alco S2 1052 leads a fan trip out of Braintree, MA, on the shortline's Plymouth branch, which was freight-only at the time (the MBTA later restored commuter service)... (more)

It's not the Fourth of July, but this old Alco is doing a good impression of a sparkler as it works the waterfront trackage along Atlantic Avenue in Boston. Penn Central S2 9859 is obviously of Ne... (more)

K&T Alco S2 102 and 2 passenger cars get ready to depart Blue Heron Junction, headed back up the hill towards Stearns on the K&T mainline.

"K&T 102 at Blue Heron Junction" In a timeless scene, the Conductor lines the switch at Blue Heron Junction from the Blue Heron Coal Spur to the Kentucky & Tennessee Mainline for the ... (more)

GM&O Alco S2 No.12 switching cars at Springfield, Illinois. This unit began its life on the Alton Railroad in 1944 and would have a thirty-plus year career before being retired by the Illinois C... (more)

Working a commuter train. A Roger Puta Photograph

CNW Alco S2 no. 1098 is parked at the CNW passenger station in Green Bay. The unit was used to switch passenger cars around as needed, handling the remaining CNW passenger service into and through... (more)

LAJ yard Vernon

One of a Kind

For reasons that I have been unable to determine, Amtrak found itself as the owner of a single Alco S2, originally U.S. Army 7110. The switcher, initially retaining i... (more)

What may be the end of an era. The Alco that served the Litwar "Red Ash" Tipple for many years looks to be parked for good.

Although it existed for seventeen years, from 1977 to 1994, there is very little on-line documentation of the southeastern Pennsylvania’s Octoraro Railway. The location of the line required a de... (more)