Santa Fe's eastbound Mail Train 4 behind four Alco PA’s pauses at Wichita, Kansas before rushing onward to Kansas City.
Santa Fe’s famous warbonnet perhaps looked best on an Alco PA, as Mail Train 4 arrived Kansas City Union Depot with PA 74, Oct. 30, 1966. An ATS (Automatic Train Stop) shoe is on the 3rd axle ... (more)
SP’s Train 12 “Cascade” left Eugene, Oregon five minutes ago before it picked up train orders at Burma where new CTC signals were being installed. It’s now 6:20 a.m. and the Alco PA’s h... (more)
Three Alco PA’s rush SP’s first section of Train 11, “Cascade,” past Canby where it met Extra 5349 in the siding, 25 miles out of Portland, Ore., on April 11, 1964. Tomorrow the train wil... (more)
Celebrating passing the 5M page-view mark here at railpictures.net with these uploades, John is pleased his photos are appreciated by those born in the new millennia, and feels very connected by w... (more)
On an afternoon in late March, 1967, it was still possible to catch a set of Santa Fe PA1s hustling along High Line into Kansas City with mail and express train 4 from Albuquerque, Winslow and poi... (more)
Streamliners! Sixteen cab units, as viewed from above.
PA-1 602 smokes it up as it accelerates across Sand Creek near Sandown Junction, Denver. Ellis, Kansas - Denver 369, one of Union Pacific‘s last mixed trains, originates in Kansas City as number... (more)
No doubt you’re aboard an Alco PA, looking back at your 4-car Train No. 9, Yampa Valley, passing through Fraser Canyon en route to Craig, Colo. the last day of 1966. The last two cars carried... (more)
Alco PA 6013 leads D&RGW’s amply-powered 2-car Train 1, The Royal Gorge, during its station stop at Pueblo on April 16, 1967. After going through the Gorge, the train will terminate in another ... (more)
Nickel Plate Road 190 basks in the evening light during the Streamliners at Spencer event.
A side-by-side comparison of CN FPA-4 #6789 (MLW 1959, 54' long) and NKP PA-1 #190 (Alco 1948, 65' long).
The Famous Profile - One of the most famous profiles in American railroading was on display at the night photo shoot at Spencer.
For a fan of Alco diesels, few things are better than meeting your first Alco cab unit. If that cab unit should happen to be a PA, all the better!
Four Alco PA’s off inbound mail train No. 4 to Kansas City Union Depot are returning to Santa Fe’s Argentine Yard diesel facility for servicing. The cab units are Nos. 69 and 74. Oct. 30, 1... (more)
