Greenwich & Johnsonville Railway

Orange with a black underframe and trucks.

ClassNo.NotesPhotographs
RS-34116Ex Delaware & Hudson 4116RR Picture Archives

Lamoille Valley Railroad

ClassNo. Built Serial Liveries Notes Photographs Modelling
RS-37801Mar 195279665Delaware & HudsonRR Picture Archives
RS-3RR Picture Archives
RS-3RR Picture Archives
RS-3RR Picture Archives
RS-3RR Picture Archives
RS-3RR Picture Archives
RS-3RR Picture Archives

Maine Central

The road’s first road switchers.

Maine Central ALCO RS-3s #556 and #557 at Bangor, Maine, on 11 June 1968, flanked by pulpwood cars. © Richard Wallin Collection
Maine Central ALCO RS-2 #553 at Bangor, Maine, captured on 7 February 1970. © Roger Puta
Maine Central RS-2 #554 and companion hard at work in Venzie, ME, June 1973. © K. Landess / TMB Collection
Maine Central ALCO RS-3 #556 photographed in Calais, Maine, in 1973. © Preston Cook
A westbound Maine Central freight (VB-2), led by ALCO RS-3 #556 and an ALCO RS-2, holds the main line to meet its eastbound counterpart (BV-1), powered by EMD GP7 #579 and a companion and photographed at Orono, Maine, on 5 May 1974. © George Pitarys
Maine Central ALCO RS2 #554 sits alongside sister locomotive #553 in Waterville, Maine, July 1976. © Richard Tokarcik
ClassNo.BuiltSerialLiveriesNotesPhotographsModelling
RS-2Scrapped in 1978 after a fire.Feb 194976634Maroon with triple yellow stripes.Turned in on loco 251-262 
RS-2552Feb 194976635Turned in on loco 251-262RR Picture Archives 
RS-2553Feb 194976636Green with triple yellow stripes until at least Feb 1967. Simplified “Switcher Green” by Sep 1971. Sold to Providence & Worcester Dec 1977RR Picture ArchivesJan 2021 Atlas Green & Gold – Standard 40 005 028, DCC 40 005 040.
RS-2554Feb 194976637Switcher Green by March 1968. Green, large number and yellow cab by Aug 1972.Scrapped 1978 after a fire. RR Picture ArchivesJan 2021 Atlas Green & Gold – Standard 40 005 029, DCC 40 005 041.
RS-2555Feb 194976638Switcher Green May 1966.Traded with EMD Dec 1966 for GP38.RR Picture Archives 
RS-3556Dec 195380566Delivered in Green & Yellow Stripes, retained until withdrawal. Scrapped Sep 1975RR Picture Archives 
RS-3557 Dec 1953 80567Delivered in Green & Yellow Stripes, retained until at least Mar 1970. Switcher green by Feb 1972.Sold to Wolfeboro Railroad Dec 1975. Now preserved at the Railroad Museum of New England.RR Picture Archives 
RS-346678264Ex Rock Island Railroad in 1966.RR Picture Archives
RS-3469195078291Rock Island RedEx Rock Island Railroad in 1966. Turned in on loco 263RR Picture Archives 

Rutland

ClassNo.BuiltSerialLiveriesNotesPhotographsModelling
RS-320178594RR Picture Archives
RS-320278880RR Picture Archives
RS-320378881RR Picture Archives
RS-320478882RR Picture Archives
RS-320580155RR Picture Archives
RS-3206RR Picture Archives
RS-320780157RR Picture Archives
RS-320880158RR Picture Archives
RS-2401Mar 195179350RR Picture Archives

Modelling

Life-Like 75121 Boston & Maine 1501, Life-Like 75122 Boston & Maine 1504 could be rebranded as Maine Central 551?

More Information

  • Melvin, George F. Maine Central in Color Volume 3. Morning Sun Books, 2008, p.10.