Some Assembly Required: As a companion to the much rarer and more significant H-16-66 acquired by the TVRM, TVA Alco switcher #F3061 also needed to be disassembled so it could be trucked ac... (more)

TVA ALCo S-1 came to TVRM along with the Train Master.

TVA ALCo S-1 came to TVRM along with the Train Master.

All is quiet on the Ashtabula, Carson, & Jefferson as 7371 awaits its next assignment being dwarfed by a grain elevator.

The Abilene & Smoky Valley Alco S1 leads the afternoon excursion train back towards Abilene on the weedy rails.

Rescued. Raven Rail LLC's recent equipment move helped save S-1 Alco 5 from an uncertain future. This engine was built in 1947 by Alco Schenectady (New York) and used as their plant switche... (more)

Portland Terminal Alco switchers get attention in the roundhouse at Rigby Yard in Portland, Maine.

Four years ago, it was a different place. Catskill Mountain Railroad Co. Alco S1 (ex-Staten Island Railway 407, née-Long Island Rail Road 407, 6.1946) passes the K27 (Kingston) milepost in Phoeni... (more)

An ex-New Haven Alco S1 and assorted other former New Haven power including RS3s, GP9s, U25Bs, and an RS11 pause for the weekend at Cedar Hill Yard in New Haven, CT.

Alco 5, one of the plant switchers that was used at the Alco plant in Schenectady, crosses NY Rt 8 while running NB to North Creek on the former D&H Adirondack Branch. The Rt 8 bridge over the Hud... (more)

Alco 5, one of the plant switchers that was used at the Alco plant in Schenectady, rounds the curve along the upper Hudson River at Stony Creek running NB to North Creek on the former D&H Adironda... (more)

Late in the day on July 18, the famous Alco S1 Shop switcher, #5, was fired up for a trip over the entire former Saratoga & North Creek Railroad property. The move was made to 'rescue' the privat... (more)

Alco 5, one of the plant switchers that was used at the Alco plant in Schenectady, makes a NB run to North Creek on the former D&H Adirondack Branch. It is headed NB to retrieve some equipment and... (more)

After a cosmetic restoration, ADMX 2311 sits on display at the ADM railcar plant on 22nd Street in Decatur, IL. This unit was originally built for the Long Island Railroad.

Looking to be freshly rejuvenated, an S1 of unknown origins waits in Conrail’s Allentown Yard for a ride to its new home. The vintage alco will soon be working for Missouri Farmer’s Associatio... (more)