An eleven car eastbound freight is seen leaving Denver Colorado on the Union Pacific line sometime during the 1950s. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.
Built 4/1945
Vermont Railway's Elf Express Christmas Train operated from Manchester to Arlington, VT with RS-1 GMRC 405 and GP40FH-2 VTR 313 providing an exceptional pair of locomotives for this years train. T... (more)
Now wearing the third coat of paint since going on display here, the ex-Mosaic/Cargill/NYSW RS1 now wears "Atlantic Coast Line", the number reflects the date of Fort Meade's establishmen... (more)
Green Mountain RS1 #405 is seen sitting outside the roundhouse at Walpole.
Built by the American Locomotive Company in July 1951 for the United States Department of Energy (DOE 39-5309), this RS-1 was later sold to DuPont, which numbered it DUPX 107. In 2015 it was loca... (more)
The one and only time I ever photographed a Susquehanna RS-1 in service was on this beautiful late-September morning in 1985. NYSW 252 was caught working in PC Yard by me and a host of other phot... (more)
Although still in the same spot, this RS-1 has received some attention. The former operator's lettering has been removed;the yellow has been touched up; an SCH shield has been applied to the cab ... (more)
The Boone & Scenic Valley RR passenger train rolls over the Bass Point Creek High Bridge on the last return trip of the day from Boone , 8 miles North and back
Phony New Haven. New York, New Haven & Hartford RS-1 no. 0673 (née Illinois Terminal no. 753; ALCO, 1948) is seen at the Danbury Railway Museum operating the day's train rides. 0673 wa... (more)
One Number Higher. DRMX 0673 (née-ITC 750, RS1, Alco, 5/1948) is dressed in New Haven colors, but never operated for the NYNH&H, thus is numbered above those that were on the roster. On th... (more)
A Grand trunk western Alco RS1 1951 works the roads yard in Mattle Creek MI in august 1979. this was the Last RS1 Alco Built and i believe it is Preserved at the Union Illinois railway Muesum.... (more)
Darn nice paint job when it was clean and pretty. I wish I had caught it so but I had to settle for the remains of the day.
The first real road switcher looking pretty.