The restored 71-year-old ALCO locomotive arrived in Willmar from Northeast Minneapolis at 11:45 a.m. with 400 passengers. After a two-hour stay and a visit to the BNSF turntable, the passenger train ...

Even in the realm of old locomotives, Genesee Valley Transportation’s latest acquisition is something of a relic among relics. The Lackawanna 409 switcher, which Delaware, Lackawanna & Western ...

Alco built and sold diesel-electric and steam locomotives as well as engines, generators and tanks. The company was formed in 1901 by the merger of Schenectady Locomotive Works, which was founded in ...

Editor’s Note: Robert J. McCarthy Jr., a former Scotia resident and career journalist who now works at The Buffalo News, fondly remembers his family’s association with the American Locomotive Co.

PENINSULA, Ohio – The Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad on Wednesday rolled out two additional locomotives that it recently purchased from the Grand Canyon Railway. The addition of the historic ALCO ...