CP 8403 was one of a small group of RS-2's assigned to service in Vermont and Maine in the early 80's. I was vacationing in Maine and Vermont during the spring of 1981 and the 8403 just worked the... (more)
D&M RS-2 977 was rebuilt by the D&M in 1978 from LIRR 1520; DH 4020. Again like D&M RS-2 469 when the rebuilding was finished the unit looked like a RS-3, with a large fuel tank under the frame a... (more)
We were kinda young and certainly dumb and anything CP would have been nice but we stumbled onto this and the big question arose. "Did they have those?" Wow. One of the better "extractions" in ... (more)
A Nevada Northern freight powered by two smoking Alcos is westbound (southbound) at Adverse, Nevada, on the afternoon of February 2, 2007. NNRY No 105 is a RS2 still in Kennecott yellow, with oran... (more)