ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: Moving along at a good clip now, the LA&L road train sprints over Pole Bridge Rd. LA&L's ROW is well maintained, and track speed is 25 MPH.

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: After gathering a handful of cars from the Lakeville yard, the LA&L road job comes up the grade, and around the curve at Conesus Lake Jct. heading for Rochester. Th... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: Shortly after going on duty, the mid-day road crew pulls the power out of the shop, and gets ready to head North. Power today is ALCO C425 #425 and C430 #433.

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: After finishing the pull/spot at ADM, the morning crew shoves back to the main Lakeville yard with outbound cars. ALCO S-2, #72 was built in 7/1941 for the Buffalo ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: At 80 years old, and still being used every day, LAL 72 is no slouch. She can still kick and switch with the best of 'em, as evidenced by the morning crew switching... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 5, LA&L: On a beautiful August morning, LAL 72 makes a trip to the extreme end of track in Lakeville to retrieve a couple cars, the other side of the trees is Lake Conesus. ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 4, WNYP: In the morning, two of WNYP's veteran ALCO's drag a heavy cut of cars out of the yard in Meadville, exhibiting the classic ALCO turbo lag. Don't let the smoke fool ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 4, WNYP: On my way to Lakeville, I decided to swing by Olean with the hopes that maybe a WNYP job was still working in the yard. Unfortunately, there was nothing moving in t... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 4, WNYP: After talking with the crew, and determining they would not be running to Oil City, I decided to get a parting shot of 432 next to the yard office, and head for Ole... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 4, WNYP: In the morning, two of WNYP's veteran ALCO's drag a heavy cut of cars out of the yard in Meadville, exhibiting the classic ALCO turbo lag. Don't let the smoke fool... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 4, WNYP: After servicing a customer across French creek, the Monday WNYP crew is seen thru the French Creek bridge heading back across Mercer St. Although WNYP now owns big ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 3, WNYP: Upon arriving in Meadville, I scoped out the WNYP yard and was happy to find C430 #432 and C424 #428 quietly waiting in the yard for their Monday morning assignment... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 3, CVSR: A quick stop in Akron on my way East allowed me to catch the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic coming into the Akron station stop. This C420 was recently repowered with a MTU ... (more)

ALCO Safari Day 3, CVSR: A quick stop in Akron on my way East allowed me to catch the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic coming into the Akron station stop. The rear of this C420 is unmistakable as any... (more)

Wayback ALCO Machine: Midwest ALCO Wonderland Tucked away in the MNNR roundhouse, 3 ALCO/MLW products are either at rest or stored. MLW M420 #35, ALCO RS-27 #318, and ALCO C424 #314 are vis... (more)