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Alco DL109 Part 2

This installment covers the releases of this engine to the New York, New Haven & Hartford ("NH"). Includes lots of prototype photos.

Alco PA The Burly Beauty Part 8

This installment covers the Pennsylvania Railroad's and Southern Pacific's PA engines. Includes many photos.

GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 12

The article mostly covers the NYC GP20, GP35, and GP40 engines, however, most of the photos are of the Penn Central GP40s.

GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 21

GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 22

GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 23

Western Pacific

GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 24

Prototype photos.

GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 4

Describes and shows prototype photos of the GO Transit and the New Jersey Transit commuter service providers.

GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 5

This installment covers the Rock Island engines. Includes lots of prototype photos.

S-1 Alco's First Standard Switcher Part 1

Prototype photos of many one-of-a kind diesel locomotives.

S-1 ALCO's First Standard Switcher Part 16

This installment covers the Nickel Plate Road, Norfolk & Western, Northern Pacific, Northern Pacific Terminal Company, and Pennsylvania Railroad S-1 engines. Includes lots of prototype photos.

S-1 Alco's First Standard Switcher Part 2

Photos and information about S-1's owned by Alameda Belt Line (ABL), Alexander Railroad (ARC), Allied Chemical Company, Ann Arbor (AA), Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (AT&SF), Baltimore & Ohio (B&O), and Bath & Hammondsport (B&H).

S-1 ALCO's First Standard Switcher Part 7

Prototype photos of the Des Moines Union Railway company, Detroit & Mackinac Railway, El Dorado & Western Railway S-1 diesel locomotives.

SD45-2 Part 2

Many prototype photos of the Santa Fe SD45-2's

SD45-2 Part 3

This installment covers the Clinchfield Railroad (CRR), and all of its successor railroads.

SD45-2 Part 4

Many prototype photos of this locomotive by Conrail, Erie Lackawanna, and CSX.

SD45-2 Part 5

Prototype photos of Southern Pacific, Cotton Belt, T.R.R.A., and Union Pacific.

The First Turbo SD Part 4

Prototype photos and text about the Southern Railway (SOU), Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific (CNO&TP), and New Orleans & Northeastern (NO&NE) SD24.

The First Turbo SD Part 5