Oliver Iron Mining SSB-9 Set See John Kuehl's caption at left.

Louisville &Nashville FA-2 It's 1965 and a warm and muggy August day all along the Ohio River, as L&N 320 with two other cab units begin tugging on the drawbars of a 61-car general merchandise train. ALCO-philes may recall that #320 was the second from last FA-unit delivered by the folks from Schenectady. Built more than two years after regular production of the FA/B-2 model had ceased, the 320 was part of an sixteen-unit order and the only four-axle freight cabs to carry the ALCO Products' builder plate (81967, June 1956). The other 1381 FA/Bs were constructed by the ALCO/GE consortium.

Lake Superior & Ishpeming RS2 The date is April 8, 1968; and LS&I 1501 celebrates a 19th birthday quietly. (B/N 76802 April, 1949). While her slightly more powerful 1600-horsepower and 1800-horsepower ALCO cousins are busy working mine run assigments or the oredocks, the 1500-horsepower Schenectady-built locomotive waits alone on the sidelines; time however is running out for the four-axle ALCO. In 14 days, two new 2300-hp six-axle "Universal" series locomotives will arrive from General Electric to make the the RS2 surplus. The 1501 was the Upper Michigan ore hauling railroad's first diesel locomotive.

East Tennessee Railway RS32 Between June, 1961 and June, 1962, ALCO's Schenectady workforce constructed a total of 35 RS32s; sometimes also called DL721s, the four-axle model was powered by the 12-cylinder 251C powerplant. Only two railroads purchased the 2000-horsepower locomotive: New York Central (8020-8044) and Southern Pacific (7300-7309). The SP units were delivered with the optional nose-mounted light package as seen here on East Tennessee Railway #211 (ex-ET&WNC 211; ex-SP 4002, nee-SP 7302). Since this July 1986 picture was taken (Johnson City, TN), the RS32 (ALCO 84027 3/1962) has also worked for the Delaware-Lackawana Railway, before moving to the Tishomingo Railway (Alabama) in the summer of last year.

LEHIGH VALLEY C628 In March of 1964, the Monon took delivery of nine new Century 628 locomotives from ALCO Products. Their tenure on the midwestern railroad, however, lasted a scant three years; the six-axle locomotives were traded back to ALCO (for the newer four-axle C420) where they lanquished for the better part of nearly two an a half years. Finally in 1969, the C628s again joined the ranks of the employed thanks to the Lehigh Valley, and in a brand new white and black "snow-bird" paint scheme. (This April 28, 1969 image shows #636, nee-Monon 403, at Coxton yard outside Wilkes-Barre, PA.) In 1976, the 2800-hosrepower freighters became part of Conrail and were assigned road numbers 6729-6737. The last of the original Monon C628s went to the scrapper in October 1981.