2nd QUARTER 2024: This month we present the concluding installment on coverage of Alco’s C-415 with Rock Island and Southern Pacific roster members. Electro-Motive Division’s SW1001 series continues and Lousville & Nashville EMD GP40s. All this and more in the 2nd Quarter issue of Diesel Era!
Louisville & Nashville GP40s: 3000-3029
Louisville & Nashville purchased two groups of GP40 diesel locomotives for a total roster count of 30 units in 1966 and 1967.
Alco Century 415 Part 2: Rock Island and Southern Pacific
Centercab Alco Century 415 diesel switchers purchased by Rock Island and Southern Pacific.
Metro-North Railroad Debuts Third Wrapped Locomotive from Heritage Series
The Metro-North wrap pays tribute to New York Central, the predecessor railroad that operated on the Hudson and Harlem lines.
Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Donates Alco S-2 to Rochester Museum
Former South Buffalo Railway Alco S-2 72 was donated to the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum by Livonia, Avon & Lakeville Railroad.
Freight Car Classics: Conrail Boxcars
A collection of classic Conrail boxcars inherited from six bankrupt railroads of the Northeast in 1976.
Rock Island GP40s
Information and images are currently sought in documenting Electro-Motive Division’s GP40 series