Southbound LN coal load south of Corbin

North Platte, Nebraska, was and remains the place to sample everything old and new running on the Union Pacific. On October 2, 1966, the new included Alco Century 855 61, parked at the fuel rack j... (more)

Two RSD12’s in the original paint and a U23B in the most recent scheme move out to the yard from the Lake Superior & Ishpeming yard in Eagle Mills, Michigan.

LS&I 2401 rests in the Eagle Mills shop in August of 1984.

At dusk, some of MNNR's finest 4 axle switcher power assembles at their shops in the Twin Cities.

Wearing its fourth paint scheme, Black River and Western RS3 1554 stands near the engine house in Ringoes, New Jersey. The Alco began life as Jersey Central 1554, wearing the CNJ’s green scheme ... (more)

Multiple Alco's await their fate on Arkansas & Missouri Railroad deadline including ex OHCR, IBCX, and BRC.

A Roger Puta Photograph

GBW 322 is leading a fairly healthy Boat Train as it travels thru the small town of Luxemburg, WI on a fine Fall day. The train is making a round trip from Green Bay to the car ferry in Kewaunee. ... (more)

Central Valley Alco

The American Locomotive Company offered their S-6 switcher in the mid-1950s to compete with EMD’s SW900. Alco built a total of 126 of these engines, and by far... (more)

Indiana Railway Museum's recently restored AW&W Alco RS-1 poses alongside Monon Drive after an afternoon test run. According to RRPA roster info this unit was built 1/1947 as DSS&A 103.

Once a member of the last new power bought by the Tennessee Central, this RS36 was acquired by the L&N after the TC’s demise in 1968. Now twenty years old, former TC 304 is paired with a slug r... (more)

This ex Southern Pacific S6 made its way back east in the late 1970s and has been here ever since toiling for the Fore River Transportation company. Presently out of service, it is receiving work ... (more)

The Norfolk, Virginia area was a stronghold for part of the Norfolk & Western’s fleet of unique notch-nosed Alco T6 transfer locomotives. A new addition came to the area in 1981 when the Easter... (more)

In a somewhat unusual move, 3 LS&I Alligators bring a coal train up the hill from Marquette to Eagle Mills. It was a bit of a hike to get to the Dead River trestle, but the results were worth it.