Built as ATSF 1528 in 1952, this Alco S4 found a home at the Cargill elevator (formerly Continental Grain) in Gilman, IL for 44 years. Finally, in late 2018 it was donated and shipped by flat car ... (more)

CP had for the longest time assigned yard goats 7099 and 8171 to Sault Ste. Marie. They spent most of there time working heavy loads of steel out of Algoma Steel and making transfer runs with long... (more)

Two former New York Central Alcos idle at Penn Central's Weehawken Terminal. The dwellings atop the Palisades here command a spectacular view of the Hudson River and Manhattan.

CHUFFAGE! The "MUNI" aka the Tacoma Municipal Belt Line bangs out a cut of cars on the south end of the switching lead while Mt. Rainer looms in the distance.

Making only their second run since the Irene flooding impacted the interchange capabilities at White River Junction, VT, the Claremont Concord Railroad Alco S4 104 is pulling into the West Lebanon... (more)

Making only their second run since the Irene flooding impacted the interchange capabilities at White River Junction, VT, the Claremont Concord Railroad Alco S4 104 heads across the Connecticut Riv... (more)

Watching the Claremont Concord S-4 104 switch the White River Jct. WACR yard, I stood listening to the sweet burble of the almost 61-year-old Alco and reflected on the storied history of this orig... (more)

Three man crew works Waterville Yard

The nicely restored Southern Pacific S4 #1474 is about to cross in front of "O'Neil's Diner" and old dining car with a Union Pacific M-1000 nose grafted on it at some point in time. The SP Alco wa... (more)

Alco and wigwag heaven can be found in Perris, CA. A restored SP S4, a soon-to-be-restored RSD12 (in Metropolitan Stevedore colors, but ex SP) and a restored RSD1 in Orange Empire's scheme move al... (more)

Graysonia, Nashville & Ashdown Alco #55 getting ready to leave Graysonia, AR in May 1972.

SCL #227, a former P&N unit, seen here after the SCL takeover at Pinoca Yard (suburb of Charlotte) in the winter of 1972.

(Updated due to new info). A year or so ago (maybe longer) this S4 appeared in an empty lot in the eastern end of Loma Linda, near Redlands (in an otherwise very suburban neighborhood). As time pa... (more)

Claremont Concord Railroad's S-4 104 is working the new LPG transload terminal in West Lebanon, NH - additional business to the already well-established cement transload operation under the banner... (more)

When pressures during the week got to be too much there was always a relaxing day at the tower. Here a industry cut races over the WP & SP on the way to the yard, looking like a Alco publicity sh... (more)