Westbound near Snowflake Junction with a nice cloud of Alco smoke.

Apache Rwy Holbrook turn climbing away from Holbrook, AZ and interchange with BNSF

L&N Alco C420 1305 at Etowah, TN in this October 1974 scene.

Nearing the summit of the long grade out of Scranton, these two ALCO's easily handle the 5 car Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society excursion train on it's return trip to the Delaware W... (more)

"LV 414" and DL 4118 depart East Stroudsburg with the Erie Lackawanna Dining Car Preservation Society "Scranton Day Trip" excursion. The train is continuing on to its final stop at the Delaware W... (more)

Symbolic of the looming storm coming with the paper mill closure the Apache Railroad itself is trying to find ways to stay ahead of the darkness and keep in business.

81 heads back south.

Todays 8 car Holbrook turn is framed under it's parent company's sign as it arrives the yard at the paper mill on 8/24/12.

Today's Holbrook turn returns back south with 8 tank cars of slurry. The 81 is actually isolated due to traction motor/ground relay problems, leaving the remaining 24 cars behind in Holbrook Yard.... (more)

Storming the curve out of Scranton with the DL 405 & DL 2452 with cars for Interstate at Tobyhanna and Bestway at Cresco before a 11 car pickup at Slateford Junction.

Nearly spotless D&H Alco. (that won't last...)

On a beautiful late summer day, the Apache Railway’s freight approaches the giant paper mill at Snowflake, Arizona. On the point is former L&N Alco C420 No. 81, which I believe was the first loc... (more)

Ex-LV C420 still in Cornell Red works the main track outside the yard.

When you are a major railroad you can utilize equipment like drop tables and overhead cranes to replace locomotive trucks. When you are a shortline or a regional railroad, most often, you are not... (more)

Taken from the Roosevelt Road overpass.