BSOR 5010 takes 2 cars south to Hamburg after running north with 20 storage cars earlier in the day.

A Century in the weeds; it seems that way. One of four projects on DL's "to get to" list. This C424 was originally part of an order for NdeM, but was delivered to the Wabash instead.

GBW 308 (an Alco RS-3 rebuilt as a RS-3m or RS-20) arrives at Kewaunee, WI on a relatively snow free day in January of 1980. Known as the Boat Train, the Alco's will soon be switching the yard and... (more)

Mingo Monster

A Rails Northeast article by Jay Potter, titled “The Monsters of Mingo Junction”, made the small industrial town of Mingo Junction, Ohio, a bucket list des... (more)

The Livonia, Avon & Lakeville works the yard in Avon with the #433 shining brightly in then evening sun.

Locomotives:
LAL 433 C430
LAL 428 C425

Led by #433 still shining in relatively new paint, the LA&L's Rochester Turn crosses over Red Creek and heads south.

Locomotives:
LAL 433 C430
LAL 428 C425

Fifty years ago, May of 1968, SP ALCO Hydraulic #9151 led a Pacific Locomotive Association "Truckee Limited" from Oakland to Truckee and back. Held outside of Sacramento on the return tr... (more)

LA&L 425 charges south across Lehigh Station Rd after picking up cars at Genesee Junction.

LAL 425 C425
LAL 428 C425

The Jersey Central owned thirteen six-axle Alco RSD4s, and a regular assignment for a pair of them in later years was the hump switcher job at the CNJ/RDG Allentown, PA, yard. CNJ 1611-1608 paused... (more)

Originally a shop switcher at the Alco plant in Schenectady, this S-1 was parked near the North Creek Station in 2011.

The Dolly Sisters, SOO 415 and 416, Alco RS27s, were pretty much in transfer service in the Twin Cities by the 1970s. Here they have made a delivery to the Milwaukee Road served mill area near the... (more)

Poor ol' 303 sits at a road crossing, been there for a time. She sure looks lonely resting in a cold snow, her prime mover gone, rust working on her body. Once she ran these rails proudly.

Whoever saw an RS-3 so clean?

GBW 314 handles some interchange switching at Merrillan, WI before heading its train east to Wisconsin Rapids and Green Bay. Merrillan was an interchange point with C&NW's Chicago-Twin Cities main... (more)

Wearing fresh paint in the corporate scheme, LA&L 433 leads the Rochester Turn south as it enters Avon on a beautiful February day.

Locomotives:
LAL 433 C430
LAL 428 C425