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Production Roster - Alco S-3 Switcher

Years Produced: Feb 1950 - November 1953
Number Produced: 292
Engine Type: 6 cylinder 539
Horse Power: 660

Here is a list of information that we have been able to find on all the Alco S-3's produced. If you have any information, corrections or pictures on any of these units, please forward them to the webmaster

S-3

Railroad Quantity Road numbers
Aluminum Company of America 1 8
Ann Arbor Railroad 4 4-7
Bathhurst Power and Paper 1 3
Boston and Maine Railroad 16 1173-1188
Brooks-Scanlon 2 101, 102
Canadian Arsenals 1 1
Canadian National Railway 49 8450-8498
Canadian Pacific Railway 101 6500-6600
Champion Paper 1 2104
Chicago and Northwestern Railway 6 1262-1267
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern Railroad 7 1-7
Davidson Chemical Division, W.R. Grace 1 101
El Dorado and Wesson Railroad 1 18
Essex Terminal Railroad 1 103
Ford Motor Company 7 6605-6611
Frederick Snare Corporation 1 7
General Portland Cement 1 1
Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad 1 51
Greater Portland Public Development Corporation 1 661
Humble Oil 1 997
LaSalle Coke 1 4
Louisville and Nashville Railroad 7 69-75
Maine Central Railroad 2 961, 962
Mount Hood Railroad 1 50
National Harbor Belt Railroad 8 2-9
New York Central Railroad 43 874-916
Pennsylvania Railroad 13 8873-8885
Price Brothers 1 106
Solvay Processing Division, Allied Chemical 1 2
Southern Pacific Railroad 10 1023-1032
Swift and Company 1 664
Texas and Northern Railroad 2 3, 4
Texas City Terminal Railroad 1 32
Texaco 2 21, 22
Washington Idaho and Montana Railroad 1 30
West Pittston and Exeter Railway 1 6
Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
Aluminum Company of America
1
8
 X
Ann Arbor Railroad
4
4–7
 X
Boston and Maine Railroad
16
1173–1188
  
Brooks and Scanlon
2
101, 102
  
Champion Paper
1
2104
  
Chicago and North Western Railway
6
1262–1267
  
Davenport, Rock Island and North Western Railway
7
1–7
  
Davidson Chemical Division, W.R. Grace and Company
1
101
  
El Dorado and Wesson Railway
1
18
  
Ford Motor Company
7
6605–6611
  
Frederick Snare Corporation
1
7
  
General Portland Cement
1
1
  
Graysonia, Nashville and Ashdown Railroad
1
51
  
Greater Portland Public Development Corporation
1
661
  
Humble Oil
1
997
  
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
7
69–75
Maine Central Railroad
2
961, 962
  
Manistique and Lake Superior Railroad
1
1
  
Mount Hood Railroad
1
50
  
New York Central Railroad
43
874–916
 renumbered into 9300s and 9400s
Pennsylvania Railroad
13
8873–8885
  
Solvay Processing Division, Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation
1
2
  
Southern Pacific Company
10
1023–1032
  
Swift and Company
1
664
  
Texas and Northern Railway
2
3, 4
  
Texas City Terminal Railway
1
32
  
Texaco
2
21, 22
  
Washington, Idaho and Montana Railway
1
30
  
West Pittston and Exeter Railway
1
6
  
Total 137    

 

# Serial Number Qty. Order MU Built Owner (s) Reporting Mark Road Number Class Item Location Photo Photo Credit
1 77479 7   4/1953 Louisville & Nashville LN 69          
2 77480 7   4/1953 Louisville & Nashville LN 70          
3 77481 7   4/1953 Louisville & Nashville LN 71          
4 77482 7   4/1953 Louisville & Nashville LN 72          
5 77483 7   4/1953 Louisville & Nashville LN 73          
6 77484 7   4/1953 Louisville & Nashville LN 74          
7 77485 7   4/1953 Louisville & Nashville LN 75          
8 77780 2   2/1950 Ford Motor Co.   6605          
9 77781 2   2/1950 Ford Motor Co.   6606          
10 77786 2   2, 3/1950 Ford Motor Co.   6607          
11 77787 2   2, 3/1950 Ford Motor Co.   6608        
12 78141 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 874    
PC 9348-9380* -- Alco S3 17 Ex-NYC 800/900 series
PC 9473-9485* -- Alco S3 10 Ex-PRR 8700/8800 series
PC 9395-9402* -- Alco S3 6 Ex-NYC 800/900 series
 		    
      9348          
13 78142 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 875          
      9349          
14 78143 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 876          
      9350          
15 78144 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 877          
      9351          
16 78145 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 878          
      9352          
17 78146 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 879          
      9395          
18 78147 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 880          
      9396          
19 78148 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 881          
      9353          
20 78149 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 882          
      9354          
21 78150 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 883          
      9355          
22 78151 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 884          
      9356          
23 78152 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 885          
      9357          
24 78153 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 886          
      9358          
25 78154 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 887          
26 78155 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 888          
      9359          
27 78156 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 889          
      9360          
28 78157 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 890          
      9361          
29 78158 18   6-8/1950 New York Central NYC 891          
      9362          
30 78221 8   8/1950 New York Central NYC 892          
      9363          
31 78222 8   8/1950 New York Central NYC 893          
      9398        
32 78223 8   8/1950 New York Central NYC 894          
      9364          
33 78224 8   8/1950 New York Central NYC 895          
      9365          
  Penn Central PC 9365   Scrapped
PC 9365
Date: 10/12/1974 Location: Altoona, PA Map Show Altoona on a rail map Views: 272 Collection Of: Robert Farkas
Locomotives: PC 9365(S3) PC 4082(E8A) Rolling Stock: PC 60086 (Box Car) Author: Robert Farkas
PC 9365
Going to the Pielet Bros for scrap
Date: 11/15/1974 Location: Crestline, OH Map Show Crestline on a rail map Views: 181 Collection Of: Jay Bookwalter
Locomotives: PC 9365(S3) Author: Jay Bookwalter
 

 
34 78225 8   8/1950 New York Central NYC 896          
35 78226 8   8/1950 New York Central NYC 897          
      9366          
36 78227 8   8/1950 New York Central NYC 898          
      9400          
37 78228 8   8/1950 New York Central NYC 899          
      9367          
38 78229 2   9/1950 New York Central NYC 900          
      9368          
39 78230 2   9/1950 New York Central NYC 901          
      9369          
40 78315 2   9/1950 New York Central NYC 902          
      9370          
41 78316 2   9/1950 New York Central NYC 903          
      9371          
42 78317 1   9/1950 Mount Hood RR   50          
43 78318 2   9/1950 Boston & Maine BM 1173          
44 78319 2   9/1950 Boston & Maine BM 1174          
45 78391 2   9/1950 Boston & Maine BM 1175          
    SVTX 3    
SVTX 3
Built as Boston and Maine 1175 in September 1950 - was scrapped 2008
Date: 8/4/2005 Location: Davisville, RI Map Show Davisville on a rail map Views: 532 Collection Of: Ron Chouinard
Locomotives: SVTX 3(S3) Author: Ron Chouinard

 

    
46 78392 2   9/1950 Boston & Maine BM 1176     BOSTON & MAINE B&M ALCO S3 1176 ROSTER @ BOSTON MASS in 1961 B&W NEGATIVE
The Location: Boston, Mass.

Date of the slide: 4-15-1961.

 
Back from Maine
1176 is back home after spending a few years on lease to the Portland Terminal Co.
Date: 2/10/1977 Location: North Billerica, MA Map Show North Billerica on a rail map Views: 158 Collection Of: David Hutchinson
Locomotives: BM 1176(S3) Author: David Hutchinson

 
47 78393 1   10/1950 Greater Portland Public Development Corp.   661          
  Portland Terminal (Maine) PTM 1101     Rigby Yard (more..)
» South Portland, Maine, USA (more..)
» July 07, 1983

 

 

 Jose Nevarez
48 78394 1   10/1950 West Pittston-Exeter   6          
49 78395 1   10/1950 Washington Idaho & Montana   30       WI&M Railway
History Preservation Group!!
  Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Railway   907    
TMBL 907
Ex-Washington Idaho and Montana RR #30
Date: 10/1/1972 Location: Tacoma, WA Map Show Tacoma on a rail map Views: 189 Collection Of: S.L. Dixon
Locomotives: TMBL 907(S3) Author: S.L. Dixon
TMBL 907
Date: 8/15/1978 Location: Tacoma, WA Map Show Tacoma on a rail map Views: 92 Collection Of: Thomas Hillebrant
Locomotives: TMBL 907(S3) Author: Steve Gartner
 

 
  Yard (more..)
» Tacoma, Washington, USA (more..)
» August 08, 1975

 

 

  
50 78396 3   10/1950 Ford Motor Co.   6609          
51 78397 3   10/1950 Ford Motor Co.   6610        
52 78398 3   10/1950 Ford Motor Co.   6611          
53 78399 1   11/1950 Humble Oil   997          
            Tacoma Municipal Belt Line S3 #906, Original Slide

1974 dated Kodachrome by Dave Nicolette
Processed by Kodak. Image grade FINE
Bright, sharp sunny portrait in fresh paint, posed outside the engine house at Tacoma, WA
TMBL 906
Date: 4/22/1974 Location: Tacoma Junction, WA Map Show Tacoma Junction on a rail map Views: 61 Collection Of: Jack Smith
Locomotives: TMBL 906(S3) Author: Jack Smith

AKMD 317

  
54 78400 4   11/1950 Ann Arbor Railroad AA 4 D6 Sold for Trade      
03/1970 GM-EMD              
55 78401 4 N 11/1950 Ann Arbor Railroad AA 5 D6 Sold Owosso, MI,  1/1/1950  Jack Smith
  George Silcott (D)       Sold      
          leased      
  General American Transportation GATX 46707          
7/1969 RELCO Equipment RE 707    
Model: ALCo S3
Order Number:
Serial Number: 78401
Frame Number:
Date Built: 11/1950
Lineage: ex GATX 46707, ex AA 5
Notes: This is RE 707:1
Contributor: Kirk Orndorff
Location: Beatrice, NE
Photo Date: 08/05/2007
Views: 78
Exif Data:
Remarks:

 

  
56 78402 4   11/1950 Ann Arbor Railroad AA 6 D6   Owosso, MI, 1/1/1960 

 

 

 

 

 

Ann Arbor S3 #6 - duplicate slide: #17 Owosso, Mi - 1982.

Jack Smith
  State of Michigan       Leased (1)

Sold (2)

      
  (1) Kent Barry Connecting RR KBCR 6   returned 03/1980      
  (2) Alma Iron and Metal       Scrapped      
57 78403 4   11/20/1950 Ann Arbor Railroad AA 7 D6   Elberta, Michigan, April 26, 1979
David Harris
  State of Michigan       Leased (1)

Sold (2)

      
  (1) Kent Barry Connecting RR       returned      
  (2) Chesaning Salvage Company       Scrapped      
58 78404 2   11/1950 Pennsylvania   8873 AS6        
  Penn Central   9473     Elizabethport, NJ
PC 9473
Last operating S3 on Conrail roster
Date: 12/1/1978 Location: Elizabethport, NJ Map Show Elizabethport on a rail map Views: 964 Collection Of: Tim Darnell
Locomotives: PC 9473(S3) PC 7628(RS11) Author: Tim Darnell
Tim Darnell
  Alexander Railroad Company ARC 7     Statesville, North Carolina, USA (more..)
» July 07, 1980

 
Sid Vaught
                 
                 
59 78405 2   11/1950 Pennsylvania   8874 AS6        
  Penn Central   9474    
Penn Central (PRR) #9474 [S3]
Date: 9/1/1970 Location: Sunnyside, NY Map Show Sunnyside on a rail map Views: 73 Collection Of: Philip M. Goldstein
Locomotives: PC 9474(S3) Author: Philip M. Goldstein

 

  
60 78506 4   11-12/1950 Pennsylvania   8875 AS6        
61 78507 4   11-12/1950 Pennsylvania   8876 AS6        
  Penn Central   9476    
PC 9476 (RF)
The 9476 heads up a short local on the NEC.
Date: 7/15/1974 Location: Harrison, NJ Map Show Harrison on a rail map Views: 393 Collection Of: Jim Gavin
Locomotives: PC 9476(S3) Author: Jim Gavin
-Central ALCo S-3 9476 has a short cut of cars
Date: 7/15/1974 Location: Harrison, NJ Map Show Harrison on a rail map Views: 205 Collection Of: andrew koenigsberg
Locomotives: PC 9476(S3) Author: andrew koenigsberg
PC 9476
Date and location unknown.
Date: 1/1/1970 Location: Unknown, Views: 174 Collection Of: Nicholas DAlessandro
Locomotives: PC 9476(S3) Author: Nicholas DAlessandro

 

 
62 78508 4   11-12/1950 Pennsylvania   8877 AS6        
63 78509 4   11-12/1950 Pennsylvania   8878 AS6        
64 78510 1   11/1950 Texas City Terminal   32          
65 78511 7   12/1950-3/1951 Pennsylvania   8879 AS6        
66 78512 7   12/1950-3/1951 Pennsylvania   8880 AS6        
67 78513 7   12/1950-3/1951 Pennsylvania   8881 AS6        
68 78514 7   12/1950-3/1951 Pennsylvania   8882 AS6        
69 78515 7   12/1950-3/1951 Pennsylvania   8883 AS6        
70 78516 7   12/1950-3/1951 Pennsylvania   8884 AS6        
71 78517 7   12/1950-3/1951 Pennsylvania   8885 AS6        
72 78518 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1023          
  Pacific Fruit Express   1023        
73 78519 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1024          
74 78520 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1025   retired 5/28/75 sold to Levin Metals
Power for the Visalia Electric Contributor's Pick!
SP's last Alco S3, sitting outside the former Visalia Electric engine house at Exeter CA. SP subsidiary VE prowled about 33 miles of agricultural-rich Tulare County in the state's Central Valley.
Date: 6/7/1974 Location: Exeter, CA Map Show Exeter on a rail map Views: 418 Collection Of: Rick Morgan
Locomotives: SP 1025(S3) Author: Rick Morgan
 

 
  Levin Metals              
75 78521 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1026          
76 78522 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1027          
77 78523 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1028          
78 78524 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1029   retired 11/9/62
NP 2529, GE U25C, NEW at GE with SP 1029 Alco S2 switcher, awaiting pickup and delivery Contributor's Pick!
NP 2529, GE U25C, NEW at GE with SP 1029 Alco S2 switcher, awaiting pickup and delivery at Erie Pennsylvania
Date: 7/18/1965 Location: Erie, PA Map Show Erie on a rail map Views: 754 Collection Of: Paul Rome
Locomotives: NP 2529(U25C) SP 1029(S3) Author: Frank Christoph
 		  
79 78525 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1030          
80 78526 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1031          
81 78527 10   3-5/1951 Southern Pacific SP 1032          
82 78528 1   6/1951 General Portland Cement   1          
83 78529 2   6/1951 Chicago & North Western CNW 1262          
84 78530 2   6/1951 Chicago & North Western CNW 1263          
85 78781 2   7/1951 Chicago & North Western CNW 1264        
86 78782 2   7/1951 Chicago & North Western CNW 1265          
87 78783 2   8/1951 Chicago & North Western CNW 1266   Converted to Yard Slug and renumbered    
6/12/1973 Chicago & North Western   BU-10   Retired May 1980 and Scrapped      
88 78784 2   8/1951 Chicago & North Western CNW 1267          
89 78785 1   8/1951 Graysonia Nashville & Ashdown   51          
90 78786 1   8/1951 Davidson Chemical Division-W.R. Grace   101          
91 78787 3   9/1951 New York Central NYC 904          
      9372          
92 78788 3   9/1951 New York Central NYC 905          
      9373          
93 78789 3   9/1951 New York Central NYC 906          
      9401          
94 78790 1   9/1951 Swift & Co.   664          
95 78791 5   9-10/1951 New York Central NYC 907          
      9374          
96 78792 5   9-10/1951 New York Central NYC 908          
      9402          
97 78793 5   9-10/1951 New York Central NYC 909          
      9403          
98 78794 5   9-10/1951 New York Central NYC 910          
      9375          
99 78795 5   9-10/1951 New York Central NYC 911          
      9376          
100 79351 3   11/1951 New York Central NYC 912          
      9377          
101 79352 3   11/1951 New York Central NYC 913          
      9378          
102 79353 3   11/1951 New York Central NYC 914          
      9379          
103 79354 1   11/1951 Frederick Snare Corp.   7          
104 79355 2   12/1951 New York Central NYC 915          
      9380          
105 79356 2   12/1951 New York Central NYC 916          
      9381          
106 79532 2   12/1951 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern   1    
Mississippi River Shortline
Davenport, Rock Island & NorthWestern
Date: 4/24/1966 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 291 Collection Of: Chris Edmonds
Locomotives: DRI 1(S3) Author: Chris Edmonds
DRI&NW 1
(Date approximate)
Date: 4/5/1973 Location: East Moline, IL Map Show East Moline on a rail map Views: 55 Collection Of: Robert Farkas
Locomotives: DRI 1(S3) Author: Robert Farkas
DRI 1
Date: 7/25/1978 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 117 Collection Of: Stephie Kolata
Locomotives: DRI 1(S3) Author: BILL CASWELL SR

 

 
12/75 Birmingham Rail & Loco              
  United States Agri-Chemicals Corp.   076          
107 79533 2   1/1952 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern   2   "DRI" line Alco S3 might be mistaken for an S4; the large radiator transplant was the result of wreck damage repair. The small stack gives away the non-turbo diesel.
DRI 2 Contributor's Pick!
Date: 8/18/1964 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 331 Collection Of: Marty Bernard
Locomotives: DRI 2(S3) Author: Marty Bernard
Nahant Yard, Davenport, Iowa, November 15, 1973
DRI 2
Date: 7/25/1978 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 118 Collection Of: Stephie Kolata
Locomotives: DRI 2(S3) Author: BILL CASWELL SR

Dick Hovey
12/75 Birmingham Rail & Loco              
108 79534 1   2/1952 Aluminum Co. of America - ALCOA   8          
109 79535 1   1/1952 Champion Paper   2104          
110 79536 2   1/1952 Texas & Northern   3          
111 79537 2   1/1952 Texas & Northern   4          
112 79538

Repowered Cummings VTA-1710-L1, 1979

 2   2, 5/1952 Brooks-Scanlon Lumber   101          
 
BYCX 7001     Yacolt, WA Battle Ground, Yacolt & Chelatchie Prairie Railroad
113 79539 3   2-3/1952 Boston & Maine BM 1177   retired 5/76, sfs
B&M 1177(S-3)
Date: 4/23/1973 Location: Lawrence, MA Map Show Lawrence on a rail map Views: 50 Collection Of: Gil Ford
Locomotives: BM 1177(S3) Author: Gil Ford
 		  
114 79540 3     Boston & Maine BM 1178   leased to CN 1965-66, to CP 1955-67
Model: ALCo S3
Order Number:
Serial Number: 79541
Frame Number:
Date Built: 02/1952
Lineage: Delivered New
Notes: Retired 10/82, sold to PNC.
Contributor: Jim Gavin
Location: Mechanicville, NY
Photo Date: 10/11/1976
Views: 190
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Boston and Maine Railroad Alco S3 No. 1178
On the dead line at B&M's N. Billerica, MA Shops.
Date: 8/24/1979 Location: North Billerica, MA Map Show North Billerica on a rail map Views: 146 Collection Of: William Rogerson
Locomotives: BM 1178(S3) Author: Bill Rogerson
B&M S3 1178
Date: 10/1/1980 Location: North Billerica, MA Map Show North Billerica on a rail map Views: 190 Collection Of: Alan Gaines
Locomotives: BM 1178(S3) Author: Alan Gaines
 

 
115 79541 3     Boston & Maine BM 1179   leased to CN and CP in 1965-66
B&M 1179(S-3)
replacement for the 1126; very rare to have an Alco switcher here in this time frame
Date: 1/30/1972 Location: Portsmouth, NH Map Show Portsmouth on a rail map Views: 130 Collection Of: Gil Ford
Locomotives: BM 1179(S3) Author: Gil Ford
 		  
                    101- Alco S-3 diesel electric switcher, c/n 79563, built 5/1952. 660 horsepower, 40" drivers, 6-cylinder model 539 engine, Weight 199,000 lbs. Purchased new. To Oregon & Northwestern #101 1956; to Longview Fibre #7001; to Battle Ground, Yacolt & Chelatchie Prairie Railroad Association. Currently in storage near Yacolt, WA.

 

 

 Brooks-Scanlon #101 in the yards at Bend. Jerry Lamper collection, used with permission.
 
116 79767 1   3/1952 Boston & Maine BM 1180   ret. 10/72, to Museum of Transport
Fresh Paint
Fresh out of the shops, this short-lived ALCO suffered a broken crankshaft within days after this photo was taken, and never ran again.
Date: 10/17/1971 Location: Nashua, NH Map Show Nashua on a rail map Views: 207 Collection Of: David Hutchinson
Locomotives: BM 1180(S3) Author: David Hutchinson
 		  
117 79768 2   3, 7/1952 Texas Co.(Texaco)   21          
118 79769 1   4/1952 Solvay Processing Div.-Allied Chemical   2          
119 79770 4   4-5/1952 Boston & Maine BM 1181     SPRINGFIELD MASS 8-12-1967
Boston and Maine Railroad (BM) Alco S3 No. 1181
Date: 3/9/1978 Location: North Billerica, MA Map Show North Billerica on a rail map Views: 380 Collection Of: William Rogerson
Locomotives: BM 1181(S3) Author: Bill Rogerson

 
120 79771 4     Boston & Maine BM 1182   retired 1970
B&M 1182(S-3)
Date: 2/11/1973 Location: Nashua, NH Map Show Nashua on a rail map Views: 73 Collection Of: Gil Ford
Locomotives: BM 1182(S3) Author: Gil Ford
 		  
121 79772 4     Boston & Maine BM 1183    
B&M 1183
Date: 1/1/1965 Location: Unknown, MA Views: 358 Collection Of: Tim Huemmer
Locomotives: BM 1183(S3) Author: Unknown
 		  
122 79773 4     Boston & Maine BM 1184     E. Deerfield, January 7th, 1978

 

B&M 1184(S-3)
and 1268
Date: 5/10/1970 Location: East Deerfield, MA Map Show East Deerfield on a rail map Views: 107 Collection Of: Gil Ford
Locomotives: BM 1184(S3) Author: Gil Ford

 
123 79774 2   2, 5/1952 Brooks-Scanlon   102     #102- Alco S-3 diesel electric switcher, c/n 79774, built 5/1952. 660 horsepower, 40" drivers, 6-cylinder model 539 engine, Weight 199,000 lbs. Purchased new. To Oregon & Northwestern #102 1956; to City of Prineville #103; to Kewash Railroad #103, Keota, Louisiana; to Dakota Southern Railroad. Currently stored in South Dakota.    
  Dakota Southern Railway Company DSRC 103    
 S3 
 Alco 103 sits at Chamberlain on a cloudy day in July
Date: 7/14/1993 Location: Chamberlain, SD Map Show Chamberlain on a rail map Views: 494 Collection Of: Rick Morgan
Locomotives: DSRC 103(S3) Author: Rick Morgan
DSRC 103
Date: 5/21/2010 Location: Chamberlain, SD Map Show Chamberlain on a rail map Views: 194 Collection Of: Matt Petersen
Locomotives: DSRC 103(S3) Author: Matt Petersen

 

 
124 80051 4   5-6/1952 Boston & Maine BM 1185     Yard (more..)
» E. Deerfield, Massachusetts, USA (more..)
» October 14, 1973

 

 

 George W. Hamlin
125 80052 4   5-6/1952 Boston & Maine BM 1186    
B&M 1186(S-3)
Date: 5/28/1972 Location: White River Junction, VT Map Show White River Junction on a rail map Views: 98 Collection Of: Gil Ford
Locomotives: BM 1186(S3) Author: Gil Ford

1. ORIG SLIDE Boston& Maine S-3 1186 switching White RiverJct.!

Original Kodachrome slide processed by Kodak. White River Jct., VT September 1972.
 		  
  Otter Valley RR   1186          
  Wolfboro Railroad   1186          
  Hobo Railroad PLRR 1186

“Edward A. Clark”.

    Staion, Wolfboro, New Hampshire, 1980

 

 

 Donald Haskel
126 80053 4   5-6/1952 Boston & Maine BM 1187   retired 5/76
B&M 1187(S-3)
Yard Switcher
Date: 5/28/1972 Location: White River Junction, VT Map Show White River Junction on a rail map Views: 88 Collection Of: Gil Ford
Locomotives: BM 1187(S3) Author: Gil Ford
 		  
127 80054 4   5-6/1952 Boston & Maine BM 1188    
B&M 1188(S-3)
Date: 4/30/1972 Location: Fitchburg, MA Map Show Fitchburg on a rail map Views: 100 Collection Of: Gil Ford
Locomotives: BM 1188(S3) Author: Gil Ford
 		  
128 80055 2   3, 7/1952 Texas Co.(Texaco)   22   One of two Texas Company (Texaco) S3 switchers, number 22 stands with it's front door wide open, whiles away a sunny Saturday morning on a dead end siding just off the BNSF yard tracks in Burlington. S3's 21 and 22 were built in 1951 and 1952 and were the only S3's purchased by Texaco. I wasn't able to tell if this engine was still operational, but it looks like it has seen better days. BNSF siding (more..)
» Burlington, Iowa, USA (more..)
» October 24, 2009

 

 

 FJ Grizel
129 80056 2   8/1952 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern   3          
12/75 Birmingham Rail & Loco              
  I. Bork & Sons              
130 80057 2   8/1952 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern   4    
DRI 4
Date: 7/25/1978 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 126 Collection Of: Stephie Kolata
Locomotives: DRI 4(S3) Author: Stephie Kolata

 

  
12/75 Birmingham Rail & Loco              
  Agrico Chemicals   4          
131 80058 1   9/1952 El Dorado & Wesson   18   El Dorado & Wesson Alco S3 #18 undergoing some maintenance work at El Dorado, AR // May 1972 El Dorado, Arkansas, May, 1972
Tom Sink
  Braswell Sand & Gravel         Wilton,Ar  
  Texas Tank Car   102     Nash, TX 5-15-92  
  Dardanelle & Russellville   18   D&R 18 sits under the Hwy 7 bridge, it appears to be stored. DR Yard (more..)
» N. Dardanelle, Arkansas, USA (more..)
» August 24, 2010
Jonathan Guy
132 80290 2   3/1953 Maine Central MEC 961          
133 80291 2   3/1953 Maine Central MEC 962   Wearing the old paint job from the days of affiliation with B&M, this old goat is by what looks like the sand house. In those days we didn't pay attention to such details, click, click, a friendly wave and a hearty Hy Yo Silver and we were off to the next great place for roster shots. MEC Yard (more..)
» Bangor, Maine, USA (more..)
» May 28, 1979

Unit was sold to Ed Clark, owner of
                                        the North Stratford RR and stored at
                                        Waterville shops until scrapped in
                                        1992.
 

 

 

 Sid Vaught
134 80292 3   9,/1953 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern   5    
DRI 5
Date: 7/25/1978 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 100 Collection Of: Stephie Kolata
Locomotives: DRI 5(S3) Author: Stephie Kolata
 		  
12/75 Birmingham Rail & Loco              
  Alexander RR AKEX 6    
Model: Alco S3
Order Number:
Serial Number: 80292
Frame Number:
Date Built: 09/1953
Lineage: ex DRI 5
Notes:
Contributor: Jake Mensel
Location: Scotts area of Western Iredell, NC
Photo Date: 03/10/2005
Views: 121
Exif Data:
Remarks:
 		  
135 80293 3   10/1953 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern   6    
Davenport, Rock Island and Northwestern #6 Contributor's Pick!
See: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n8_v196/ai_17167219
Date: 8/18/1964 Location: Moline, IL Map Show Moline on a rail map Views: 406 Collection Of: Marty Bernard
Locomotives: DRI 6(S3) Author: Marty Bernard
DRI 6
Date: 7/25/1978 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 86 Collection Of: Stephie Kolata
Locomotives: DRI 6(S3) Author: Stephie Kolata
 

 
12/75 Birmingham Rail & Loco              
136 80294 3   11/1953 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern   7    
Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern #7 Contributor's Pick!
See: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1215/is_n8_v196/ai_17167219
Date: 8/18/1964 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 271 Collection Of: Marty Bernard
Locomotives: DRI 7(S3) Author: Marty Bernard
DIR 7
Date: 7/25/1978 Location: Davenport, IA Map Show Davenport on a rail map Views: 78 Collection Of: Stephie Kolata
Locomotives: DRI 7(S3) Author: BILL CASWELL SR

 

 
12/75 Birmingham Rail & Loco              
  Celotex Corp.   ?          
  GE       rblt by GE      
                 
                         
                         
                         
                         
  80289 1 N 10/1952 Manistique & Lake Superior M&LS 1 D6 Sold Manistique, Michigan, August 25, 1964
Ted Ellis
12/1968 Ann Arbor Railroad AA 10 D6 Loaned (1)

Loaned (2)

Sold

   Jim Gavin
  (1) Michigan Interstate       Returned      
  (2) Tuscola & Saginaw Bay       Returned    
  State of Michigan       Sold      
  Jon Tessin       Donated Grand Rapids, MI    
10/1986 National Railroad Museum       Static Display

Displayed in GBW paint although it never worked for the GBW.

 Green Bay, Wisconsin, August 01, 2005
Jeff Terry
136 80292 3   9,10, 11/1953 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern   5          
            To Birmingham Rail & Loco, 12/75; then to Alexander RR 6    
  Alexander Railroad Company       ARC 6 Highway 90 (more..)
» Statesville, North Carolina, USA (more..)
» February, 2005

 

 
 

 

 BILL MULLER
137 80293 3   9,10, 11/1953 Davenport Rock Island & Northwestern DRINW 6 6   A rare shot of a DRI-Line switcher in Chinese Red, parked under the US 67-Centennial Bridge decking. On the right is John O'Donnell Stadium, the home of the Class A Angels in the Midwest League. The Dri-Line is gone but baseball is still played at that ballpark today. DRI-Line enginehouse (more..)
» Davenport, Iowa, USA (more..)
» May, 1967

 

 

 John Dziobko
1953 Alexander Railroad   6          
                         
                         
                    Fox Valley and Western Limited
AHW 100
Date: 7/21/1990 Location: Algoma, WI Map Show Algoma on a rail map Views: 229 Collection Of: Stephie Kolata
Locomotives: AHW 100(S3) Author: BILL CASWELL SR
 		 AHW 100  
  XXXX         VAPX 1173     Chesterfield, VA, 7/29/2008   "1173" Trey Biscoe
                    Zug Island MI 1961
 		  
                       
          Alexander Railroad Company       Alexander RR ARC 5 eastbound at Stoney Point, NC in September of 1975. Stoney Point, North Carolina, USA (more..)
» September, 1975

 

 

 Tom Sink
          Dardanelle & Russellville       D&R 18 sits under the Hwy 7 bridge, it appears to be stored. DR Yard (more..)
» N. Dardanelle, Arkansas, USA (more..)
» August 24, 2010

 

 

 Jonathan Guy
          Alexander Railroad Company       ARC 6 Highway 90 (more..)
» Statesville, North Carolina, USA (more..)
» February, 2005

 

 
 

 

 BILL MULLER
          Brandon Rail       BRAN 71 Omaha, Nebraska, USA (more..)
» May, 1985

 

 

 Tom Sink
                         
          Hobo Railroad       Staion (more..)
» Wolfboro, New Hampshire, USA (more..)
» July, 1980		 On the East side of Lake Winnipesaukee, the Wolfboro Railroad ran for a few years on the old B&M Wolfboro Branch. A 2-6-0 and this S4 were the primary power. Now all of the Wolfboro Assets are on the HOBO Railroad.

 

 

 Donald Haskel
          Kent Barry Eaton Connecting       Having briefly served the KBEC, the first African American-owned railroad in the country, as its sole power, S3 6 has been returned to the Annie with a nonfunctional prime mover. Ann Arbor Railroad Shops (more..)
» Owosso, Michigan, USA (more..)
» June 18, 1980

 

 

 E Garrett
                   
212 S3 - 8/51 Alco 78835 To GU 212
  Sid Vaught
          Tyson Foods Incorporated Tyson CLC9595     Tyson's heavily modified Alco switcher at its Oglethorpe feed mill. Tyson feed mill (more..)
» Oglethorpe, Georgia, USA (more..)
» November 14, 2004

 

 

 John Higginson
          Portland Terminal Company PTM 1101       Rigby Yard (more..)
» South Portland, Maine, USA (more..)
» July 07, 1983

 

 

 Jose Nevarez
          Pen Central PC 9354        
          Pen Central PC 9476   Conrail PC no.9476, Buckeye Yard Ohio, May 1977   Ken Wirsing
                    Orig. Slide Penn Central PC #9476 Alco S3 1976  
                   
CCH 3
Date: 7/9/1982 Location: Hyannis, MA Map Show Hyannis on a rail map Views: 140 Collection Of: Stephie Kolata
Locomotives: CCH 3(S3) Author: Stephie Kolata

 

 CCH 3  
                   
AKMD 317
Date: 6/18/2006 Location: South Holland, IL Map Show South Holland on a rail map Views: 232 Collection Of: Scott Koehler
Locomotives: AKMD 317(S3) Author: Scott Koehler

 
AKMD 317
 
                    Tacoma Municipal Belt Line S3 #906, Original Slide

 1974 dated Kodachrome by Dave Nicolette
Processed by Kodak. Image grade FINE
Bright, sharp sunny portrait in fresh paint, posed outside the engine house at Tacoma, WA		 AKMD 317  
                    Portland Terminal Company ALCO S3 1101 In 1980 At S.Portland ME Portland Terminal Company ALCO S3 1101 In 1980 At S.Portland ME  
                    PRR Alco S3 8880 slide    
                         
by Serial Number 80000-82999  Listing

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