Things are not as they seem. DL 2403 and DL 414 tag along on the hind end of PT-98 as the train rolls through the curve at Cresco. All three of DL's six-axle MLW/Alco units led the train on this... (more)

One half of LIRR's L2 class C420's (222-229) rest at Holban Yard awaiting their next freight train assignment. Bumped by GP38-2's from most passenger runs in 1976, 22 of the C420's were retired, a... (more)

In the waning days of the Delaware & Hudson Bevier Street yard in Binghamton, New York, a C420 rolls off of the turntable while a U33C idles on a house track. The acquisition of the former Lackaw... (more)

After the Delaware & Hudson’s expansion as a result of the Conrail merger, the D&H was short of power, and looked in all directions for additional locomotives. One solution came in the form of a... (more)

Arkansas & Missouri C420s 58 and 54 sit quietly in Fort Smith after another day of Alco business. Both 58 and 54 were built as Lehigh & Hudson River Railway 29 and 24 respectively.

Arkansas & Missouri C420s 54 and 58 sit quietly in Fort Smith after another day of Alco business. Both 54 and 58 were built as Lehigh & Hudson River Railway 24 and 29 respectively.

Arkansas & Missouri Alco C420s 57 and 52 compare features during their overnight slumber in Fort Smith, Arkansas.

An Arkansas & Missouri local crew switches grain cars just south of the shops in Springdale, Arkansas. The Monett turn arrived just a short time before, and its cars are already being parsed for d... (more)

Farewell, Old Friend

The Lehigh Valley Railroad was the local mainline road when I was learning photography in the mid-1970's. While the newer GP38-2’s and U23B’s drew the hot... (more)

An Apache Railway freight accelerates from the BNSF interchange in Holbrook on its way back to Snowflake, Ariz., behind a set of Alcos.

ON the way to Holbrook, AZ

Alcos dominate the shop tracks at the Delaware & Hudson's East Binghamton engine house on the day after Christmas, 1985.

"Corporates in Portland"

It's nice when railroad employees, though not railfans, appreciate that their equipment is rare and of interest. This was the case in this little yard, soon to be abandoned for the old DL&W facil... (more)

It was nice to know and appreciate that this would probably be the last I saw of a large number of Alcos. I had several days in town, working nights and plenty of time to prowl around. The yard ... (more)