Known as “Erie-builts,” KCS Fairbanks-Morse 61 was being coupled to a GP-30 at Kansas City as Four Aces RS-1 stood by on Feb. 22, 1966. The FM’s had only four traction motors on the 6-wh... (more)

No wonder these four Fairbanks-Morse 6-axle diesels (61A, 61B, 60B, 62B) were still on KCS’s roster on May 22, 1966 — there were all re-engined by EMD ten years earlier in 1956. They soon wen... (more)

Looking out the back of a passing train, we see the PRR Erie-built 9458 on a freight. These were too big to build in Beloit, so FM contracted the work out to Erie after hiring famed industrial de... (more)