RS11 #309 and RS27 #310 lead GBW train #4 as it arrives in Kewaunee, Wisconsin with cars for the ferry to the Ann Arbor on a foggy August 19, 1979 morning. R.T. Steinbrenner Photo

The Lehigh Valley's transition back to Cornell Red is readily apparent as SJ-4 makes a set-out at South Plainfield Yard. Lead locomotive, RS11 7642, has fairly recently been repainted in Tuscan R... (more)

This PC Alco assigned "Baltimore" for servicing awaits its fate in the backshop area along with numerous other old locomotives Conrail deemed not fitting into its future plans.

Conrail’s Cement Secondary local works at the Hercules Cement Mill in Stockertown, Pennsylvania. Veteran engineer Sherwood Singer, who hired out on the Lehigh & New England, invited us up into t... (more)

Newcomer Conrail SD7 6999 is met by RS11 7643 as the Alco rolls off of the turntable in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. It’s interesting that the RS11’s short hood has the large block lettering “Le... (more)

Six months into Conrail, an unpatched Penn Central (ex-NH) Alco RS-11, a couple boxcars, and a caboose make up a compact local freight preparing to depart Hopewell Jct., NY, on the former NH Maybr... (more)

Green Bay & Western RS11 309 switches the yard in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Alco displays the name H. Weldon McGee in honor of the road’s president from 1962-78.

As dusk falls over the Illinois prairie, the Toledo, Peoria & Western's westbound local freight approaches the town of Sheldon behind an RS-11/SW1500 duo.

Genesee Valley Alco RS-11 3600 (ex-CV) at Buffalo's SK Yard.

Alco RS-11 1804 leads SC-7 out of Carbondale back to Scranton.

Alco RS-11 1804 leads SC-7 past the D&H Boulevard Ave freight house and the D&H 35712 caboose..

Alco RS-11 1804 leads the way past the station at Carbondale heading back to Scranton.

SC-7 arrives in Archbald, PA after working the frac sand terminal in Simpson at the present-day end of the line. The crew will pause here to drop two loaded center-beam cars at the siding adjacen... (more)

Delaware & Hudson RS11 5007 switches the yard in Taylor, Pennsylvania. Piggyback cars with general freight and cabooses were still a not-too-uncommon sight in the mid-1980’s, but were rapidly di... (more)

Delaware Lackawanna SC-7 shoves a cut of cars toward the frac sand terminal in Simpson, PA. The engineer has notched out the throttle a bit and the consist has responded in typical Alco fashion. ... (more)