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| The Delaware & Hudson Chapter II: ALCo Power |
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| While several operators came and went, with varying paint schemes and imported motive power, a number of D&H ALCo's continued to operate. These hold-overs from an earlier chapter in the D&H's history could be seen switching in Taylor Yard, powering locals and even heading up road jobs until the late 1980's
As part of the bankruptcy court's resolution, many D&H ALCos were transfered to Guilford ownership and moved off the property at the close of the Guilford era on the D&H. Still others were retired outright. By 1990 the ALCo era on the D&H was esentially over. |
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The D&H had long been a favorite of ALCo fans because of its continued use of these venerable machines. Here a D&H C424 strikes a classic pose in Taylor Yard. (Winter, 1987) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Several of the D&H C424's would eventually be painted in the Guilford system livery. Here two of these classic brutes provide a coming and going view in Taylor Yard. (Summer 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Like a guard dog, this ALCo century stands watch over the south end of a seemingly empty Taylor Yrad. (Summer 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| What once was commonplace... Two classic D&H liveried ALCo's start a local train south out of Taylor Yard. While the lead C-424 was semi-common at the time, the presence of an elderly C-420 makes this shot all the more rare. (Spring, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| At Cuyuga Junction, about 5 miles north of Taylor, a C-420 leads a northbound freight. Compare this shot with the first shot on the next page taken at the same location less than a year later. (winter, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| In a highly metaphoric shot, the sun is rapidly setting on this D&H C-420. Within a year virtually all of the ALCo centuries will be gone from the railroad. (Winter, 1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| By late 1990, the last ALCo product to operate on the D&H in the Scranton area was not a modern Century Series unit, rather an elderly RS-11. This local favorite would actually be the last D&H ALCo to operate on its home rails, being retired in 1991. (Fall, 1989) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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One of the first freights into Taylor Yard with CP Rail Power is seen here with, of all things, ALCo (ok, MLW) power in the form of two nicely matched RS-18's. (Summer, 1990) | |||||||||||||||||||
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