Montreal Locomotive Works M636 3642 leads the PO74 with trailing Alcos 3007, 1804, 2403 and 2423 by the signal bridge at Elmhurst.

A rare IC C636 rests at the terminal At Homewood south of Chicago

Southbound BN WP run through "Highline" train on WP Keddie Wye

The Delaware Lackawanna big Century Series locomotive rolls as part of a four unit set into the siding to wait for the NS to make the pick up.

A pair of former SP&S ALCO's were leading a southbound train through N Portland Jct

Most of Conrail’s big Alcos never saw that paint shop for a coat of blue paint. Most of its ex-PC SD40-2’s were quickly transformed to its new corporate image. Here a C636 and a C630 working ... (more)

Mingo Monster

A Rails Northeast article by Jay Potter, titled “The Monsters of Mingo Junction”, made the small industrial town of Mingo Junction, Ohio, a bucket list des... (more)

The Delaware-Lackawanna's big Century 636, at the moment of startup, emanating a typical Alco-like burst of thick, black smoke. The 3642 was built in April of 1968 as the Penn Central No. 6342.

After cutting off from their train that originated in the Pacific Northwest, four ex-SP&S Alcos head to the engine facility for diesel and sand.

A WP workman sands four big BN (ex-SP&S) Alcos that have just come in on symbol BN 137.

A Conrail C636 gets refueled at the service rack at Mingo Junction, Ohio. Those Hi-Ad trucks gave these units an extra-brutish look.

Bethlehem Engine Terminal hosted its share of six-axle Alco Centuries in the pre-Conrail era. Besides the Lehigh Valley’s fleet of C628’s, which were resident power, Reading C630’s were also... (more)

On a pleasant Saturday afternoon, the DL PT97 chugs out of town with it's NS interchange. The crew will pick up an additional block of empty grain hoppers at Slateford Junction before heading to ... (more)

A very overpowered local heads past the historic Lackawanna Railroad station in Scranton Pennsylvania on a warm summer morning

A five unit set of Alcos lead PT98 down the "Old Road" towards the interchange with NS at Portland. The abandoned DL&W cutoff can be seen in the background.