One of a Kind

For reasons that I have been unable to determine, Amtrak found itself as the owner of a single Alco S2, originally U.S. Army 7110. The switcher, initially retaining i... (more)

What may be the end of an era. The Alco that served the Litwar "Red Ash" Tipple for many years looks to be parked for good.

Although it existed for seventeen years, from 1977 to 1994, there is very little on-line documentation of the southeastern Pennsylvania’s Octoraro Railway. The location of the line required a de... (more)

Fort Howard Paper 63-146 switches the plant in Green Bay in June of 1983. This unit has been saved at the Green Bay RR museum.

On a sunny winter afternoon, CCT No. 41 sits on one of the roundhouse track at WP's roundhouse awaiting repairs.

The time on the world's largest (at the time) 4 sided clock says it is 8:15 in the morning as Relco S2 1063 switches the Continental Grain elevator in Milwaukee in December of 1993.

WP Alco S2 No. 557 returns to the yard with what looks to be lumber loads.

Lenawee County S2 #1 leads a train largely consisting of home road cars through Adrian, Michigan. The LCRC was created when the line that it ultimately served was not included in the USRA ‘s Fin... (more)

The McKeesport Connecting Railroad was built to connect its owner, the National Tube Works, later the US Steel National Plant, with the nearby B&O, P&LE, and PRR. Here the road’s bicentennial co... (more)

Great Northern Alco S2 #11 sits at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay, WI on a nice sunny afternoon.

Half of the Frankfort & Cincinnati’s Alco switcher roster exits the engine house to begin the day’s work. Three S2’s and an S4 were brought to the F&C when the Pinsley interests bought the l... (more)

Permian Basin Regional Training Center's Alco S2 sits in the early morning light. There are two Alco S2's captive at the facility for training first responders.

A faded BN 1537 idles in MD&W's yard at International Falls waiting for its rested crew to take it south to Superior. This was the last run of BNSF's I-Falls local over DW&P. Dubbed the "Gree... (more)

An oddball Alco S2 unit sits at the Gold Kist Feed Mill in Commerce, Ga shortly after 2am on a calm night in the heart of Georgia.

I shot this at the joint New Haven and Boston & Maine engine facility. Notice that the New Haven S-2 (Alco 1944) has a flat roof which the New Haven ordered for low clearances.