An ignominious end to a long career. Another Lake State Alco goes to scrap.

Red, blue, green, and yellow Alcos drag the daily freight past the scale house and into the Lake State's Alpena yard. The Lake State has committed to getting rid of the Alco fleet, and within a st... (more)

Scrapped springs and air brake components sit forlornly in the dirt. They may see reuse in other equipment, unlike the parts coming off the scrapped M420 in the back. Contrary to what you read in ... (more)

Still wearing its old colors, OSRX 647 basks in the nice sunshine at the OSR shops in Guelph Jct

BCR 645 South is just pullling away from the yard in Dawson Creek enroute to Chetwynd.

One of the newer additions to the GVT roster in their current paint scheme this M420 is shut down and being moved by 50 year old Alco S-6 #1044 behind it. Scranton's former Central of New Jersey s... (more)

3568 pulls into Drake Well Station for passengers to disembark and view relics like this piece of oil history at the Drake Well Memorial Park. Railroad: Oil Creek & Titusville Railroad
Locomotive: MLW M420
Location: Titusville, Pennsylvania, USA
Locomotive #: OCTL 3568
Train ID: 3568 North
Photo Date: September 01, 2007

Not even the constanstant grade x-ing blast from the big M420 can wake this tranquil neighborhood on the southside of Titusville.

From a Wheels eye View OCTL Engineer G. Greenawalt chats for a moment with a passer-bye after making a "Flagstop" at Petroleum Centre. When finished Loading a few passenger's and their bicycle's t... (more)