The power for NJ's Train 200 to Rouses Point, NY and CP RS-10 8594 for a local transfer wait patiently to get onto their trains in St. Luc's busy departure yard.

NJ Train 200 is about to leave the CPR St. Luc departure yard for Rouses Point, NY.

The D&H's four PA-1's had been in service for six months powering the passenger trains between Albany, NY and Montreal. Occasionally a road weary RS-2 would be pressed into service. The 4022, wh... (more)

Despite the D&H having four PA-1's and four borrowed EL E-8's to cover its passenger trains between Albany, NY and Montreal in the winter occasionally the very road weary RS-2's would be pressed i... (more)

Canadian Pacific Alco RS-2 8403 at St.Johnsbury, Vermont on October 11, 1969. George Melvin photo, RL Collection.

Canadian Pacific Alco RS-2 8400 works northbound near Richfield, Vermont on the Newport Subdivision. Photographer George Melvin, RL Collection.

"The Laurentian" moves through the crossovers at CP's Montreal West station after yet another major snowstorm hit Montreal. What is unusual is the power on today's train. Three units w... (more)

Before radios - the engineer has the brakeman clearly in view as they switch the CN interchange at Delson.

On a Saturday it is quiet in the great halls of the D&H's massive Colonie Shops. Work on the RS-2, RS-3 and U30C's will resume on Monday. In the 1960's and 1970's the D&H welcomed railfans in Co... (more)

The NJ ran twice daily from Rouses Point, NY to CP's St. Luc Yard in Montreal. A significant portion of the interchange was newsprint from Quebec paper mills. This job has just left St. Luc and ... (more)

The entire roster of the Napierville Junction Railway powers Train 101 across the St. Lawrence River toward CP's St. Luc Yard.

Still wearing the paint of Fonda Johnstown, and Gloversville parent, and by this time, Susquehanna parent, Delaware Otsego System, NYS&W RS2 100 shares a track with Susquehanna-painted RS3 104.

Six months into Conrail, former Lehigh Valley RS2 214 had thus far escaped the paint-patchers, although it was a few miles from home rails as it worked the former CNJ Elizabethport yard in Elizabe... (more)

Rock Island's unique roster is well represented at their 95th Street Yard as an EMD-repowered Alco RS2, C415, and wooden caboose all await their next assignment. Tom Golden photo.

It's not just about steam in Ely. As Nevada Northern Railway's two steam locomotives, No. 40 and No. 93, come to life in the engine house on the other side of the brick wall...all is quiet ... (more)