The RS-3s were given the summer off. It would be nice to see them back at work soon.

It's a gloomy beginning to an evening in Cambridge as the sound of the old RS-3 pulls slowly north into town and brings some color to the rather dull, cold, wet night.

Ruth bound copper ore empties rattle west through the high desert of East Ely, NV behind a pair of classic Kennecott Copper Corporation ALCo RS's, (RS3 no. 9 and RS2 no. 5 to be specific). Though ... (more)

D&H Alco RS3 4099 does some switching around the roads Colonie shops in the spring of 1976. Photo taken with permission

Delaware Lackawanna's CNJ RS-3 rests in the yard at Steamtown, in Scranton, PA, prior to pulling a short excursion train during Steamtown's 2015 Railfest event. No. 1554 was built for the CNJ in ... (more)

ALCO RS-3 waiting for a time to move locomotives that went to the railway preservation by the ABPF in 2020

Reading Company's Alco RS-3 467

This locomotive was built by the by the American Locomotive Company in May 1952. It had a second career with the Peabody Coal Company before being purchas... (more)

Other than continuing to operate subsidiary Lehigh & New England Railway, the Jersey Central ceased operations in Pennsylvania on 1972, and competitor Lehigh Valley took over operations of all rem... (more)

Killin' It. On March 5, 2018, Batten Kill Railroad Alco RS-3 4116 crosses Owl Kill on the way to the interchange with Pan Am Railways at Eagle Bridge, New York. This engine has been working... (more)

Snow is falling as Nevada Northern Alco RS3 No. 109 pulls a ballast train through Tunnel 1 west of Ely, Nevada, on February 7, 2004. No. 109 was built in November 1950 by American Locomotive Compa... (more)

Photo from my slide collection, Photographer Chris Berger.

Vermont Railway's Rutland to North Bennington local cruises along just south of Wallingford, Vermont. September 23, 1983

The Battenkill's veteran ex D&H RS-3 4116 works the Eagle Bridge Interchange.