GMRC Alco RS-1 #405 (originally Rutland #405) leads an NRHS-sponsored photo freight through East Wallingford, Vermont. Though a photo freight, this train brought empties for the talc plant in Smi... (more)

Green Mountain Railroad #405 slows as she passes the East Wallingford section house to perform photo runbys.

A Green Mountain Railroad Alco-RS-1-powered mixed freight, operating for the National Railroad Historical Society convention, is seen making a run-by at East Wallingford, Vermont, with veteran ex-... (more)

The Green Mountain Railroad Alco-RS-1-powered mixed freight, operating for the National Railroad Historical Society convention, is seen on the approach to the summit of the GMRC's Green Mountain p... (more)

An Alco-RS-1-powered mixed freight in 2015...thanks to the National Railroad Historical Society convention, Vermont Rail System hosted a special Sunday mixed freight from Bellows Falls to Smithvil... (more)

This old Alco was built in 1950 for the Washington Terminal. After ceasing operations for them, it was brought here to Possum Point to shuffle coal cars around, and after this plant converted to g... (more)

GM&O (and later ICG) depended on RS-1s for about 30 years, from the start of deliveries in 1945, until ICG finally pulled the plug in late 1975 and replaced the Alcos with a flood of geeps. In Mo... (more)

A puff of smoke indicates that former Spokane International RS-1 1221 has come to life at Union Pacific’s Marysville, Kansas, roundhouse, ready for afternoon switching chores. The stalls once sh... (more)

UP’s subsidiary Spokane International’s Alco RS-1 with the funky additional headlight was assigned to yard duties at Topeka, Kansas and was shut down on its Sunday rest day behind the station,... (more)

Chicago & Western Indiana Alco RS-1 259 performed switching services at Chicago’s Dearborn Street Station, as it was doing on Oct. 12, 1967 when Santa Fe’s Train 23 “Grand Canyon” awaited... (more)

"An old Workhorse"

While the Morristown and Erie's Alco C424's are in charge of the Easter trains, ME 21 sits silent at the West end of Whippany yard.

The Susquehanna dieselized early, acquiring a fleet of Alco S2's and RS1's that put steam out to pasture by the late '40s. The NYS&W demanded a lot of these 1000-hp units. They would often overhea... (more)

Was used in the local switching in the area.

The M&E has two locomotives numbered as No. 21. The first one is an ex SOO Line RS1, constructed during May 1953. The second No. 21 is a former Bangor & Aroostook, nee Santa Fe, GP7u that was rec... (more)

The Alcos lasted way longer after the merger with IC than any of us local fans predicted. We figured Paducahs would roll in immediately, but the RS-1s hung around until 1975, doing everything in ... (more)