1955: Union Pacific district foreman L. W. Shirley, the man who had supervised the repair of Engine 3206 when it was wrecked in 1933, signals by the turntable where the 1904 ALCO engine will wait ...

SCHENECTADY — From 1901 to 1969, more than 75,000 locomotives rolled off the assembly lines of the American Locomotive Company and onto rails from California to Europe and Asia. Though often ...

Railroad history, advanced technology, energy conservation and fond memories of a regional business leader all run on the same tracks, which run through Lorain County. Next year, the Cuyahoga Valley ...

Schenectady was known as the city that lights and hauls the world. The General Electric Co., of course, was the lighting part. The American Locomotive Company was the hauling part. Next Sunday, ...

Schenectady — Big engines and big wheels always were part of Schenectady. They rolled out of the city’s massive American Locomotive Co. plant every year: locomotives that pulled train cars through ...