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.

The Octoraro Railway's Alco S2 poses alongside the Lancaster Chapter NRHS's doodlebug charter. No. 3 was built as the B&O No. 519 in October, 1948; it's now in the collection of the B&O Museum in... (more)

A group of MLW/Alco switchers including S2 7094 rest between assignments in downtown Vancouver, BC in August 1978. The foreground track was used to turn the Canadian passenger train consist after ... (more)

Two of San Francisco Bay Railroad's Bio Diesel Alco S2s sit idle.

“Hey, when you go over to the east plant, can you take a couple of sheets of plywood along?” The New Jersey Zinc Company rostered a small fleet of Alco switchers to work within and between its... (more)

Shooting around the engine terminal at Clearing with some flurries.

Bringing the 1st cut of loads from the mine down the valley, The Beech Mountain Railroad's Alco S-2 "Old 113" eases across one of the Beech Mountain's infamous "Submarine" Brid... (more)

Running light up the valley to retrieve the last cut of loads for the day, The Beech Mountain Railroad's Alco S-2 "Old 113" charges through the sleepy little community known as Palace Va... (more)

The bulk of the San Francisco Bay Railroad's business is the handling of construction debris, a.k.a. "Dirty Dirt." Here the transloading process between truck and rail is seen taking pl... (more)