The double track leaving Mechanicville was one of many great photo spots to catch the Adirondack heading north to Canada. The D&H rebuilt the PAs to power their passenger service into the 80s. Whe... (more)

Former Santa Fe Alcos are waiting for assignment in commuter service at Boston South Station

Erie's first PA-1 accelerates from the Ridgewood station with a morning train bound for Hoboken. It looks like GM, Ford and Chrysler are all represented in the parking lot at left.

Reading Alco FA-1 units in AB combination pull a Philadelphia bound freight.

Alco PA-1 units 5753 and 5752 are waiting for a train from New York where two Baldwin units had been sitting about an hour before. There was a large variety of diesel power in South Amboy that day... (more)

Lehigh Valley Alco FA-2 units sit next to Bethlehem tower under the Hill-to-Hill bridge with westbound freight.

Alco FA-2 units in A-A configuration pull slowly beneath Cedar Lane in Teaneck with a westbound freight.

Two painted ladies await their next dance at the West Oakland Diesel Shop. For me these daylight painted PA's were simply the best looking diesels of all time....but then the SP was "my" railroad... (more)

An Erie Alco PA-2 & PA-1 850 sit side-by-side as commuters unload in Jersey City. This was the last week of Erie ferry operation .

Oh! Those FA'sCP MLW FA-1 4020, MLW RS-3 8433 and MLW FPA-2 4095 idle at Quebec St. in London, ON.

By January 1966 the DRGW "Royal Gorge" that once ran from Denver to Salt Lake was down to a Salida stub train. Out of Denver it handled a through coach, slumbercoach and sleeper off the Denver Ze... (more)

This is probably Southern Pacific's Cascade crossing south over Steel Bridge in Portland.

Operating on the Western Maryland Scenic

In February of 1968, an excursion was operated from Richmond, CA to Stockton and return pulled by two of Santa Fe's ALCO PA units. The are seen here at Knightsen as they are backing up in preparat... (more)

Early Amtrak "rainbow era" featured classic motive power.