RailPictures.Net Photo: GM&O 1117 Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Alco RS-1 at Montgomery, Alabama by David Harris

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» Gulf, Mobile & Ohio (more..)
» Alco RS-1 (more..)

» West End Yard
» Montgomery, Alabama, USA (more..)
» July 01, 1973

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» GM&O 1117 (more..)
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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 Montgomery except powering the big road trains.

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