RS-3's at work

[UCSPanther20]

You don't see those old RS series locomotives very much anymore.

[ford9572]

Shininghappyperson7 Likewise!!! Such an incredibly AWESOME sight & sound!!! I tell you, Those old RS-3s have a charm and charisma of their own that today's modern, microprocessor controlled diesels COMPLETELY lack!!!!

[shininghappyperson7]

who would have known in the 2000's you could see a duo of alco RS-3s actually being used for freight service. i love it!!!!!!

[citilimit]

Fantastic video!



[Glaudge]

wow thats the first time ive ever seen diesel wheelslip.

[MrHitwave1]

obviouisly old delaware and hudson (50's paint scheme) RS3's

[8ntnomo]

They look like they are painted in D&RGW colors.

[m3ohwell]

The Lackawanna trolley uses this track, a tourist trolley run

Ed K.

[traindudeacw]

What's with the trolley wire over the track? Do any electric car run on that line too?

[LonesomeTroubadour]

I love Alcos, mostly due to the fact that i drove a RS-23 once.

[njRRtrainer]

Love them alcos!

[shininghappyperson7]

YA GO ALCO!

[wwrr98]

0:21 great sound :)

[mongo5888]

Great video!!! And hey midsouth, that code works GREAT!!!!!!!!!

[dieselmanmike]

My son asked me about sanding, and the clip at the start demonstrated it perfectly!! Nice vid .

[STRTRR]

great tight shot of the sanders in action

[m3ohwell]

2003

Ed K.

[TechForThought]

when did you film this?

[gaycowboy31]

I was just over in Russia last year an alot of there yard engines had old Alco engines in then definatlly a classic nestalgic sound still working the yards and branchlines I also heard what sounded like some old Fairbanks Morse engines all with Russian built bodies of course but sounded like old American prime movers some of them at least

[tpvalley]

didnt the russian diesels have alco copies, not actual alco engines?

[gaycowboy31]

well it was my understanding that we did import alco engines to them as a mater of fact I have a shot of an American Alco RS1 at a muselm in St Petersberg and I was also told we imported the prime movers to them in the late 40s all I know is what I have been told over there but what I heard is identcal to whats in this video

[tpvalley]

I wonder if they bought some alcos and then copied them?

[gaycowboy31]

I would assume that to be the case the ones I saw sounded like this but the body style was differnt but the prime movers were definatlly alco and some most likeelly were Russian built copies..I also saw and heard some engines from fairbanks Morse too there is no mistakeing that opposed piston sound FMs made while in Archangel I saw unts identical to the FM trainmaster..I rode steam over there this year and like the Diesels we sent US steam there too I saw a few Russian built US copies

[cvrnut09]

Hey midsouth. I tried that codes add and it definitely improved the sound. Thats very cool

[roundthirteen]

Nice, do these still have 244's or are they like the old BM (later Detroit and Mackinaw) RS-3's that got 12-251C's? We had a few RS2's and 3's on our local short line but they have either blew them up or put them in the dirt. All we have left for Alco's are a few C425's and MLW420's. They (LSRC) have bought 13 EMD's in the last 4-5 years. Good to see RS-3's still kicking.

[nssteve1979]

5 STAR!!!

[oldtoot]

My dad used to say...."Where there's smoke, there's fire, or maybe just an Alco workin' the rail yard."

[cparl]

Got to love those ALCO'S

[wwrr98]

My father used to drive the 4103 & 4118 when they worked on the Octoraro Railway.

[midsouthexpress]

If you REALLY want to hear good sound, type in the code &fmt=18 at the end of the address for this video up in your web browswer and hit enter. It puts the video in full stereo sound and better picture. This works on most videos.

[shorehamsoo]

god i love that old alco sound just lumbering away like theres no worries,,,,

[mlwS1]

Awesome Sound!

[jimbo2317]

great vid Ed.

[Galaxy2517]

Ahhh...smoke belching, noisy works of art!

[gaycowboy31]

I could not agree more definatlly

[Jazzyhorn111]

@Galaxy2517 How can the enviornmentalist's stand it , this country was built with black smoke.

[m3ohwell]

No a road bridge.

Ed K.

[bas1010]

Excellent post Ed, as alays! Love those snow scenes! Was that Tunkhannock Viaduct in the background?

[Derailedtrain666]

yep, those'd be alco's alright lol. nice capturing of them at work...

[pengapop12]

pure classic gold

[Conrail6370]

Always looks good to see a pair of RS-3's working.

Len.

[TrainiacProductions]

Great ALCo chugging! Nice view of the much-needed sanders, too!

-Jim

[CSX6000]

Great sound!

[mafarnz]

Nice view of the sanders at work!