No loads for the Batten Kill today, so I drove over to check on 4085's progress at Saratoga Corinth & Hudson. Spoiler alert! It will be a while. These two RS-3s will be working for the ALCO Histor... (more)

The Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway Receives A 3rd Alco RS3. On Friday, January 17, 2025, the Delaware & Hudson Railway Historical Society announced the acquisition of former D&H Alco RS-... (more)

First Hadley Arrival. Alco RS3s Run To Hadley For The Maple Festival. The Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway (SCH) continues its annual tradition of service to the Hadley-Luzerne Maple Festi... (more)

First Hadley Arrival. Alco RS3s Run To Hadley For The Maple Festival. The Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway (SCH) continues its annual tradition of service to the Hadley-Luzerne Maple Festi... (more)

Waiting At The Engine House. On Friday, January 17, 2025, the Delaware & Hudson Railway Historical Society announced the acquisition of former D&H Alco RS-3 4085, and that it would be moved... (more)

RS3s Over The Bridge. Alco RS3s Run To Hadley For The Maple Festival. The Saratoga Corinth & Hudson Railway (SCH) continues its annual tradition of service to the Hadley-Luzerne Maple Festi... (more)

D&H RS-3s on the Adirondack Branch: In 2025, it doesn't get much better than a pair of original D&H RS-3s in D&H paint on the former D&H Adirondack Branch -- especially when the location is... (more)

SCH shields stenciled on and number boards installed, former Delaware & Hudson 4085 waits to be moved back to home rails.

The once and future Delaware & Hudson RS-3 4085. Waiting to be moved Upstate to return to home rails.

Two of Illinois Central RS3's in service. Probably working the Peabody coal trains.

The Erie Western Railroad operated a short section of ex Erie Lackawanna in Indiana for about two years. Sixteen miles of railroad and not enough traffic put the railroad out of business. They ope... (more)

Sitting in the sun. It looks as if some work is being done on this RS-3. Needs lights replaced on the long hood.

Millie looks longingly out the window of NNRY 109's cab on a sunny winter day.

In August 2007, I found Vintage Locomotives, Inc. (VILX) Alco RS3 512 sitting at the Southern Appalachia Railway Museum in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. She was built as Reading Railroad (RDG) 495 in 1952... (more)

Looking great, perhaps the best ever.