Union Pacific ALCO FA1 1610 and B unit mate lead 114 cars east at 55 MPH near Alda Nebraska in 1958. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An ALCO A-B-A set awaits its next assignment at Cheyenne Wyoming in 1956. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

An ALCO A-B-A set leads eastbound with 87 cars near Cheyenne Wyoming in 1955. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Union Pacific ALCO FA1 1608 and mates lead a westbound freight near Brady Nebraska in 1958. Otto Conrad Perry photo, from my collection.

An Alco FA & B set is east bound with 97 cars in 1951. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

Former New Haven FA1's originally numbered 0428, 0467 and 0401 were quickly renumbered to PC 1330, 3395 and 1333 and remained at work for several years in freight service, in the Boston area. ... (more)

Wabash Railroad FA1 1202A and its mates are seen in the yard at Peru Indiana in 1959. From my collection, Dennis Schmidt photo.

An Alco FA unit and a Baldwin AS-16 sit at Joplin. Mo. Both have been re-engined with EMD prime movers. I was a newly-minted USAF pilot driving on leave from Lubbock, TX to Hackensack, NJ.

Long Island FA1 power packs rest at the Oyster Bay yard, The 616 is former SP&S 860A while the 617 is former New Haven Railroad 0428.

An impressive A-B-B-A lashup of former New Haven Alco cab units leads Penn Central train BL-1 past Norwood Central station in suburban Boston. Operating between Boston and Lowell, this job was the... (more)

The crew takes an opportunity to confer as Penn Central train BL-1 waits for the signal to proceed onto the Midland line at Readville, MA. Train BL-1, running between Boston and Lowell, MA, via Wa... (more)

Penn Central FA1 1330, formerly New Haven 0401, displays its classic Alco cab profile as it pauses in front of Broadway tower in South Boston, MA. It was part of an A-B-A set that had just arrived... (more)

Penn Central FA1 1333, formerly New Haven 0428, was one of PC's last four active Alco cab units along with three ex-NH mates, and it worked in home territory until the end. Minimally repainted in ... (more)

Behind all that snow is the unmistakable profile of Alco cab units as an A-B-A trio of former New Haven FA1s sandwiching an FB2 (1331-3393-1330) heads up Penn Central train LB-2, bound from Lowell... (more)

In heavy snow, an A-B-A set of former New Haven Alco cab units plows along on Penn Central train LB-2, bound from Lowell, MA to Boston via Framingham on former NH trackage. This job was the final... (more)