Delaware Lackawanna PO74 passes the frozen Roaring Brook Reservoir as it heads southeast out of Scranton. Today's consist includes C636 #3642, C630M #3000, and M630 #3007. The lead unit is the las... (more)

Not very many Alco C636's were built, but the Illinois Central purchased six of these units with the intention of hauling coal trains. Unfortunately, even though they were the most powerful six ax... (more)

DL 3642 is leaving town with a short mixed freight.

CR, Conrail 6786 Alco C636 at Croxton Terminal, Secaucus, New Jersey. March 13, 1977. Jack D Kuiphoff © photo

Early morning Bridge 60.

Delaware Lackawanna E/B Train P074-29 is coming through Tobyhanna with no work to do on a dreary day with the only Alco C636 in operation 3642 in Tobyhanna, PA

PO-74 set to go.

3642 seems to have a better chance at leaving the shops sooner than the locomotives in the foreground.

3642 rests outside of the new Von Storch shops.

Mountain Monsters: As an Alco fan, few things compare to hunting the big Centuries. Alas, they are far rarer these days than they have ever been. The one place where you know you will encou... (more)

With the only Alco C636 left in existence on the point, DL Train PO-74 heads south through Moscow, PA with a loaded grain train for Ardent Mills in Pocono Summit.

We definitely weren't expecting a twofer when PT98 got to Portland but here we are. Seeing a C636 next to a modern geep sure put the charm of the DL into sharp relief.

Back when the DL ran Portland Turns they didn't always make it back to Scranton. Here PT-99 has gone "on the law" in Pocono Summit, signaling the end to a fun day of chasing it.

BINGEN WA Sept 27 1978 -- Burlington Northern C636 4368, GP35 2537 and C424 4240 make their way east in the Columbia River Gorge. It was my first trip to the Pacific Northwest to visit my sister n... (more)

A trio of 6 axle Alco's haul the Delaware Lackawanna's PO74 freight as it rolls to a stop alongside the old station at Pocono Summit, Pennsylvania. The crew will pause here until the mobile conduc... (more)