Railfan & Railroad Magazine 2017 October Alco Empire Genesee Valley Transportati

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Railfan & Railroad Magazine 2017 October Alco Empire Genesee Valley Transportati
Railfan & Railroad 2017 October Pages 74
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34 RARE BREED: Once you head west of the Rockies, Alco survivors are few and far between. We take a roll call of the products of Schenectady (and Montreal) that have made their homes in the American West. PHOTO BY BRIAN RHOADS
This Month's Features
28 Portraits of the Rails/James D. Porterfield
Several artists show how railroading interacts in our daily lives, moving through the environment among us
34 Western Alcos/Garland McKee
Schenectady's (and Montreal's) machines still roam the wild west, but the numbers are dwindling for this rare breed
40 Plaster City Alcos/Charles Freericks
Originally built for the White Pass & Yukon, rare narrow gauge DL-535Es can be found in the California desert
46 Genesee Valley Transportation/Charlie Wood
Genesee Valley Transportation is a shortline success story operating a fleet of Alcos on five railroads in two states
56 Santa Fe Searchlights/Steve Barry
With federal mandates for Positive Train Control looming, Chico's Road is home to one of the last stands of mainline searchlight signals
Departments
4Departures/commentary: Alexander Benjamin Craghead
6Railnews/top news stories and photos from our readers
18Transit Currents/transit news: Bob Gallegos
21Capitol Lines/news from Washington: Wes Vernon
23Railroadiana/new product, book, and video reviews
25Timetable/railroad event listings submitted by our readers
26LocoNotes/diesel spotters: Kenneth Ardinger
62Camera Bag/photography techniques: Steve Barry
65On the Menu/dining, travel, and art: James D. Porterfield
68Preservation Topics/this stuff is old, man: Justin Franz
70Markers/editorial commentary and musings
74Parting Shot/F.J. Ahern
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