What a beauty!! So GREAT seeing Alcos working for a living in 2024. Long live ALCO!!

A true Long Hood Forward. Beautiful!

Nice to see that Alco still in service.

My favorite kind of operation, honestly... shortline switching operations that run between a few small towns, operate vintage power, some of the crossing signals along the route still have mechanical bells... the faster speeds and longer trains of Class 1 are always exciting, but shortlines like this have so much more character. Edit: After watching a little further, the horn on the short hood end sounds far healthier. Almost a perfectly tuned RS3L

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

6 күн бұрын

Agreed!

Number 420 sure does smoke a lot..... kinda makes you wonder.

@Robbi496

8 күн бұрын

ALCO's were prone to smoke, it is the design of its prime mover

@gowron277a

8 күн бұрын

@@Robbi496 I guess the joke went right over your head.

@williamh.jarvis6795

7 күн бұрын

​@@gowron277a Oh well! But, I do know what you are referring to here.

@erie910

5 күн бұрын

That's why Alco locos were called, "honorary steam engines." It's due to incomplete fuel combustion because of turbocharger lag.

Awesome Alco ! 🤘🏻

Thank you for sharing. Love that horn👍

What was once a common site to see those Alcos in Long Island, now like you said it’s rare to see one. Fantastic video!

Awesome footage of the Alco in action!

Now that is a very unique C420 it’s got a high nose something that’s not very common on which makes it very cool

I rode behind that locomotive about 25 years ago on the New York & Lake Erie, back when they used to have fall foliage trips.

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

2 күн бұрын

your thinking of NYLE 1013 which is still there just not in service. but thank you for watching!

@sha1om

2 күн бұрын

​@@WesternNewYorkRailfan420 You might be right, than number also sounds familiar. I don't recall if they ran with one unit at each end or not. It's back around 1995 or so; I have to go find the photos I took. No digital cameras back then. They also had some weird orange center cab unit, stored out of service. Tried to get closer to look at it and found it was full of yellow jackets, I got out of there in a hurry. Edit: I think it was one of the 132-ton GE units with the '38 Ford inspired grilles.

Great shots!! Gotta love the old Alco locomotives :)

That Alco smokes more than a steam engine 😂

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

10 күн бұрын

It sure does lol

Excellent video my friends awesome like and Greeting

I used to live in Meadville PA and the Erie and Pennsylvania Alcos would roll by a laundry matt my family went to

This has gotta be the only Alco I've seen that isn't blasting smoke every time the throttle is opened.

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

10 күн бұрын

The LA&L shop crews do a good job keeping them at 100%

We had the ALCO RS-3's on the SCL true work horse's 👍

@Peter-mt6lg

7 күн бұрын

And we switched with 4 man crews.

@georgecarter838

5 күн бұрын

I came on when it was Seaboard System back in the 80's and retired in 2020. I remember the older heads talking about the RS-3's and the C-420's as being good hard pullers when they were right and the engines being rugged. As for the GE U30's, nobody had a kind word for them, and I realized they were right when I was on them. They used to call the RS-3's "whisper jets". The U30's were called names I can't write, but you get the picture!

ゆっくりと通過する石油タンクの貨物列車が素敵。 チャンネル登録をしました。😀

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

8 күн бұрын

どうもありがとうございました

Nice video - thanks for posting!

Excellent footage.

my favorites alcos and brockway trucks the only good thing outof new york

@williamphelan8779

6 күн бұрын

Sad but true. What a tax and political hell hole NY now is.

Cool well done!

Sounds like someone is trying to play the trumpet 😂

@beeble2003

6 күн бұрын

The musicians' union lobbied hard for that change in regulations. Train horns are being phased out by 2030, and trains doing under 25mph must now have a person with a trumpet. Trains doing over 25mph need a trumpet and a trombone.

I 've never seen an engine w/ two horn sets. The horns on the long hood don't sound good at all. The horns on the high-nose sound only a little better. The engine sounded great & wasn't that smoky either, not from what I've seen of Alco's or GE's in the past. Also; nice track & good looking ballast. Thanks for the video!

Action down here in Bath, the other end of the system.

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

6 күн бұрын

Been trying to figure out there schedule for an eventual chase

They have several of them still see them in Henrietta all the time. But the concerning thing is they signed a contract to upgrade the fleet. I can only hope one gets donated to the rush area museum otherwise if it's anything like cash for clunker but locomotive edition. They will all be shredded and that would be a unacceptable loss.

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

10 күн бұрын

I think most of those changes will be happening with the WNYP. With the railroad downsizing and no longer needing the AC6000’s and the Alcos will follow. Although you may see a new locomotive or two on the LA&L

Great Video Where is this located?👍

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

10 күн бұрын

The railroad is located in Lakeville, but most shots were in Avon NY

@williamphelan8779

6 күн бұрын

Upstate NY.

Nice catch and What’s that sound for train horn look like

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

9 күн бұрын

Not quite sure I understand what you want?

@joshrhine6780

9 күн бұрын

@@WesternNewYorkRailfan420 it was a Leslie rs5t or rs3L

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

9 күн бұрын

@@joshrhine6780 believe it’s an rs3l

@joshrhine6780

9 күн бұрын

@@WesternNewYorkRailfan420 hey I think I got it right it is a Leslie Rs3l

Alaboard!, 0:06

Nice engine, but that horn is annoying

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

10 күн бұрын

Leading long hood forward does sound pretty bad, but it sounds the best short hood forward

A ex LIRR C420 "Long Island RR" knows they all went to the D&H didnt know where they went after that

Let's see everything.!!! Watch JawTooth and learn...😊🎉❤

@WesternNewYorkRailfan420

2 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!