A short consist does not preclude a little Alco exhaust as the Holbrook Turn passes the north switch at the pig farm on the outskirts of greater metropolitan Snowflake, AZ
Even though they only have a 5 car consist a pair of Alcos put on a classic show as they pull the hill at MP 5 on the Apache Railway
With throttle now wide open after descending Belmont Hill, a brace of GE U30-C's heads up a Powder River coal train as it charges through Marsland Nebraska and starts up the next grade into Owl Cu... (more)
What Alcos do ...
Following a crew change, a trio of Dash-9's notch up to pull off the siding in North Duplainville. You can't help but feel like there's a steam engine hiding under the hood of the 3rd unit with a ... (more)
D&M RS-3 1077 & RS-2 469 lead a south bound stone train from the Big Cut Quarry. From my slide collection by Michael Hofe.
CCRR Alco S4 smokes it up pulling an empty out of Eagle Leaf Cement after being repaired because of freeze damage..
The southbound Napa Valley Wine Train leaves the Grgich Hills Winery stop in a cloud of black smoke, like any self-respecting Alco/MLW should, north of Rutherford, California, on March 13, 2006. T... (more)
It often seemed if you took a girlfriend along with you on trips to the LS&I you could get some terrific smoke shows...maybe those guys had been riding around in the woods a little to long with no... (more)
Taken during the 2010 Winter Steam Spectacular photo shoot special trains at Nevada Northern Railway. This was the Friday afternoon familiarization run. The photographers rode in the caboose out... (more)
The Reading unit looks like a steam engine as the GEVO behind it puts up some smoke while pulling a cut of coal cars on a slight grade.
The W&W's Sand Man makes his way through Winchester, en route to the small CSX yard just north of downtown.
MA&N works the Griffiss Industrial Park with a nice smoke show.
A Nevada Northern freight powered by two smoking Alcos is westbound (southbound) at Adverse, Nevada, on the afternoon of February 2, 2007. NNRY No 105 is a RS2 still in Kennecott yellow, with oran... (more)
Conrail C40-8W No. 6204 blows out a cloud of black smoke at it begins its decent of the West Slope at Gallitzin, PA on August 9, 1998.