3rd QUARTER 2024: Diesel Era revisits Rio Grande’s SD50 fleet with an updated look at these six-axle locomotives in their post-D&RGW days on Southern Pacific and Union Pacific, plus “Rail News” is included in this edition. All this and more in the 3rd Quarter issue of Diesel Era!

EMD SW1001: Part 3

EMD SW1001: Part 3

The third part in our series covering Electro-Motive’s SW1001, produced between September 1968 and June 1986.


EMD SD50: D&RGW 5501-5517

EMD SD50: D&RGW 5501-5517

Rio Grande purchased 17 SD50s from Electro-Motive Division in 1984 to augment its need for greater horsepower.


Metro-North Railroad Debuts Third Wrapped Locomotive from Heritage Series

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

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

Freight Car Classics: Conrail Boxcars

A collection of classic Conrail boxcars inherited from six bankrupt railroads of the Northeast in 1976.


Rock Island GP40s

Rock Island GP40s

Information and images are currently sought in documenting Electro-Motive Division’s GP40 series


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