Two Amtrak roster rarities stand together at the Ivy City terminal in Washington, DC. Amtrak 47 was one of three Washington Terminal RS1’s that received Amtrak’s Phase III paint scheme. Amtrak... (more)

Arkansas & Missouri’s RS1 22 makes another photo stop at Frog Bayou, Arkansas.

An extended photo stop allowed time for multiple views of Arkansas & Missouri’s 1943 RS1 22 with a truss-rod wooden combine on a rain-soaked Boston Mountain viaduct south of Winslow, Arkansas.

Arkansas & Missouri’s 1943 RS1 22 poses with a truss-rod wooden combine on a rain-soaked Boston Mountain viaduct south of Winslow, Arkansas.

A well worn RS-1 waits for its next assignment.

When the Susquehanna was seeking a way to get its stack trains off of Conrail’s ex-Erie main line to avoid interference with Metro-North trains, the first step was acquisition of the former Lehi... (more)

Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Alco RS-1 #222 between switching assignments at Ft. Dodge, Iowa in June 1956. Photo by Fred Ziebe, part of my slide collection.

Mixture of eclectic locomotives at the SARM.

Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic RS-1 no. 101 backs out of the Lake Superior Transportation Museum train shed and will load passengers for a fall color excursion up the North Shore past Knife River,... (more)

DSSA 101 leads its fall color excursion train across the Knife River near its mouth into Lake Superior. The bridge is typical of the heavy duty construction of Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range bridges... (more)

A rainy day greets a special fall color run on the North Shore Scenic RR. out of the Lake Superior Transportation Museum in Duluth. DSSA 101, an Alco RS-1, has the perfect color scheme for leading... (more)

While I was in college, I made frequent trips to visit my cousins in Maryland. If I couldn’t secure the use of one of my parents’ cars, I would take the rails, and I would make a day of the jo... (more)

Vermont Rail System found themselves power short once again in December 2021, and the last line of defense is Green Mountain 405 was called upon to handle the Bellows Falls area local duties. Here... (more)