A WNYP crew shuffles some power at the locomotive shop in Olean, NY. The M&E heritage of WNYP 431 is more than obvious, and its red paint has held up well enough over the past few decades. WNYP ... (more)

Operating long-hood forward, a solo 4-axle Alco continues southbound with a short cut of cars on a chilly fall morning. The crew has to shift out Turtlepointe as well as pick up three units from P... (more)

A solo C430 running long hood forward passes underneath the retired PRR signal bridge just south of the New York border. This unit has has had its fair share of paint as it was originally built fo... (more)

NYSW C430 #3002 leads an eastbound Sea Land stack train as it grinds upgrade toward the top of the hill at Gulf Summit

One of WNYP's Alco C430's takes loads from the wax plant at Farmer's Valley along the old Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo Line at Eldred, PA.

Susquehanna C430 3004 is tied down coupled to one car in the yard in Binghamton, New York.

New York, Susquehanna & Western C430 class unit 3000 teams with C420 2002 to move a single car past the engine house in Binghamton, New York. The high-hood C420 began its career on the Long Island... (more)

Bob Zwiers photo.

Snow, Stacks, and Centuries

Eastbound Sea-Land stack train NTV-4 rolls past the site of the Erie yard in Deposit, New York. Two C430’s and a GP18, all two decades old, are handl... (more)

In the mid-1980’s, the Susquehanna began running haulage trains between Little Ferry, New Jersey and Binghamton, New York. These trains, often running on weekends, became railfan events. When th... (more)

As mainline Alco’s were being phased out on most Class 1 railroads, the Delaware & Hudson became large draw with its sizable fleet of RS’s and Centuries. When the New York Susquehanna & Wester... (more)

When the Susquehanna purchased the ex-DL&W Syracuse and Utica branches in 1982, it had an immediate need for additional power. Searching the used locomotive market, the NYS&W purchased five Alco C... (more)

With a C430 performing yard switching duties, a C424 brings a local into the Weirton Junction yard.

New York Central Alco Century C430 No.2054 (2050-2059) with a PRR GP35 2338, NYC GP35 and two NYC GP40's on a coal train in Detroit, Michigan August 10, 1968. This is actually a Penn Central tr... (more)

Classic Alco power rests at the WNYP's Olean Yard. Photo taken on private property with WNYP permission.