Vermont Rail System kicked off the 2019 Santa Train season on November 24 and pulled out a surprise guest appearance by Alco RS-1 #405, which had been put into winter storage but was reactivated d... (more)

ATSF 2395 and mate sit on the side lines at Archer Avenue Yard south of downtown Chicago. The two steam generator equipped Alco RS-1s are no longer needed for passenger terminal switching with the... (more)

GMRC 405 (ex-RUT RS-1) leads the Fall Foliage Train from Chester to Ludlow at Church St. in Chester, VT.

GMRC 405 (ex-RUT RS-1) arrives Ludlow, VT with an excursion.

GMRC 405 (ex-RUT RS-1) runs along Cavendish Gulf Road in Cavendish, VT as fall colors start to set in.

It is just about dusk on a hazy summer day as one of ICG's ex-GM&O RS-1s works the east/south end of the yard. Thankfully, only of a few of the old Alcos were defiled with orange and white paint.

Solite, a sand/ aggregates plant in Sealston, Virginia, had this RS1 working at their quarry. The only identification, including in the number boards, was the word “Solite”. I have not been ab... (more)

Vermont Rail System's Green Mountain Railroad Passenger Services Foliage Flyer is seen moving at track speed westbound through rural Chester, Vermont, with veteran Alco RS-1 #405 leading the train... (more)

1945 Washington Terminal RS1 number 48 sits on a weed-grown siding at the Solite aggregates plant in Sealston, Virginia.

Alco RS-1 NYSW 252 in Bicentennial Pain sits by the roundhouse at Little Ferry, NJ, on May 3, 1976. John Treen Photo, collection of Timothy Tonge.

NYSW 238 and NYSW 252 in Bicentennial Pain sit near Croxton Yard, Secaucus, NJ on Dec 22, 1976. John Treen Photo, Collection of Timothy Tonge.

A fresh coat of black paint has transformed New Haven RS1 0671 into Penn Central 9946. Along with its caboose it's about to depart Northup Avenue Yard in Providence, RI, to switch downtown custome... (more)

Vermont Rail System’s GMRC Foliage Flyer is making the final October 15 westbound run across the famous Chester bridge 114, the one that was used by media outlets everywhere after hanging by the... (more)

Vermont Rail System’s GMRC Foliage Flyer is moving at passenger track speed with Alco RS-1 #405 ahead of the one of the company business cars as it rolls through Rockingham, VT.

Vermont Rail System’s GMRC Foliage Flyer is seen at Gassetts, VT with veteran Alco RS-1 #405 releasing some built-up carbon as the train heads from Chester to Ludlow, VT.