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The Delaware & Hudson

featuring the photography of Kenny Ganz

1987-1990, Four Years of Change

While several operators came and went, with varying paint schemes and imported motive power, a number of D&H ALCo's continued to operate. These hold-overs from an earlier chapter in the D&H's history could be seen switching in Taylor Yar, powering locals and even heading up road jobs until the late 1980's

As part of the bankruptcy court's resolution, many D&H ALCos were transfered to Guilford ownership and moved off the property at the close of the Guilford era on the D&H. Still others were retired outright. By 1990 the ALCo era on the D&H was esentially over

The D&H had long been a favorite of ALCo fans because of its continued use of these venerable machines. Here a D&H C424 strikes a classic pose in Taylor Yard. (winter, 1987)

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Chapter II, Those Famous D&H ALCo's

Several of the D&H C424's would eventually be painted in the Guilford system livery. Here two of these classic brutes provide a coming and going view in Taylor Yard. (summer 1989)

Like a Roman Century of Biblical times, this ALCo century stands watch over the south end of a seemingly empty Taylor Yrad. (summer 1989)

Ah, what once was... Two classic D&H liveried ALCo's start a local train south out of Taylor Yard. While the lead C-424 was semi-common at the time, the presence of an elderly C-420 makes this shot all the more rare. (spring, 1988)

At Cuyoga Junction, about 5 miles north of Taylor, a C-420 leads a northbound freight. Compare this shot with the first shot on the next page taken at the same location less than a year later. (winter, 1988)

In a highly metaphoric shot, the sun is rapidly setting on this D&H C-420. Within a year virtually all of the ALCo centuries will be gone from the railroad. (winter, 1988)

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By late 1990, the last ALCo product to operate on the D&H in the Scranton area was not a modern Century Series unit, rather an elderly RS-11. This local favorite would actually be the last D&H ALCo to operate on its home rails, being retired in 1991. (fall, 1990)

(Dave Crosby Photo)