Richard Leonard's Vintage Diesel Miscellany - Presented by Richard Leonard's Rail Archive (railarchive.net)

Having "cut my teeth" as an amateur rail photographer during the waning days of steam power in North America, I never became much of a diesel aficionado. As a result, my rail photography activities largely went into eclipse during the decades following the 1950s. My interest revived in earnest only after advances in technology enabled me to share my early camera work via the Internet. The first effort in that direction was my Steam Locomotive Archive, which continues to be the flagship section of what has evolved into Richard Leonard's Rail Archive.

Neverthless, along the way I did take some photographs, later transparencies, of diesel locomotives both during the steam era and subsequently. A few of these images found their way into the Nonsteam Rarities page of the Steam Locomotive Archive. Later, as the Rail Archive expanded, I found a place for my diesel photos from the New York Central System in the New York Central Collection, and for those from the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's former Alton Route in my GM&O Gallery. But a group of miscellaneous vintage diesel images remained, for which I had no home.

Finally I have assembled many of these images into this Vintage Diesel Miscellany. To those photos for which I am responsible I have added a number by my brother, Rev. David V. Leonard of Binghamton, New York, plus others supplied by Gary Thompson of Normal, Illinois and Tom Rock of Cleveland, Tennessee. A few of my images from the New York Central Collection are also presented here, plus some appropriate to the GM&O Gallery though not included there. With a few exceptions of older power now in museums, all of these images are at least thirty years old. Those not attributed to other sources are my work, and have been copied digitally from transparencies or color and black-and-white negatives, or in a few instances scanned from prints.

In most cases I am offering only minimal commentary with these photos, due to my lack of familiarity with the realm of dieseldom. However, I try to provide the location and date for each photograph, plus builder models, years of erection and other details such as alternate numbering, for the locomotives shown. (Credit for much of the supporting information goes to The Diesel Shop and the various sites linked therein, and also to Don's Depot Railroad Photos by Don Ross.) Click on the thumbnails below to view the full-size image. You can also page through the collection sequentially.

Dr. Richard Leonard

Amtrak 52 RTG Turbo	Amtrak 292 EMD F7	Amtrak 513, 504 EMD SDP40-F	AT&SF 31-C EMD F3	AT&SF 124 EMD FT	AT&SF 303 EMD F7
AT&SF 314 EMD F7	AT&SF 311 EMD F7	AT&SF 503 FM H12-44	AT&SF 2099 Alco RS2	B&O 82 EMD F3	B&O 6574 EMD GP9
B&O 3692, 3694 EMD GP40	B&M Flying Yankee, EMC	B&M 1515 Alco RS3	B&M 4226 EMD F2	B&M Budd RDC	BN 436 EMD SW10
BN 5761 GE U33C	BN (C&S) 813, 816 EMD SD7	CNR D-400 Budd RDC-4	CPR 1402 GMDD FP7	CofG 812 EMD E8	CRRNJ 2001 BLW DR6-4
C&O 1843 EMD BL2	C&O 96 EMD E7	C&O 4009 EMD E8	C&EI 93 EMD GP7	C&IM 60 EMD SD18	C&NW 1019 BLW DS-4-4-1000
C&NW High-Level Commuter	C&NW 877 EMD SD40	CB&Q 9934A EMD E7	CB&Q 169AB, 156A EMD F7	CB&Q 240-239 EMD GP7	CB&Q 9911A EMD E5
C&S 822 EMD SD9	CGW 116-A EMD FP7	CMStP&P 2314 FM H12-44	CMStP&P 581, 577 SDL39, RSC2	CMStP&P 62-C EMD FP7	CMStP&P 44-D EMD FT
CRI&P 2 EMD LWT12	CRI&P 433, 1229 EMD GP7	CRI&P 418 Alco C415	CRI&P 601 EMC TA	CRI&P 648 EMD E8	CRI&P Rocky Mountain Rocket
CRI&P 4588, 4598 GE U30C	CRI&P 255 GE U28B	CWP&S 40 EMD SW8	Com Edison 16 EMD SW1200	CR 6666, 6078 EMD SD45-2, SD45	CR 6423, 6255 EMD SD40-2, SD40
D&RGW 3107 EMD GP40-2	D&RGW 72 BLW VO-660	D&RGW 6013 Alco PA1	D&RGW 5534 EMD F3	Erie 832 EMD E8	E-L 1048 Alco RS3
Galesburg Koppers Tie Plant	Georgia 1042 EMD GP9	GTW 78 EMD SC	GTW 7904 EMD NW2	GTW 9018, 9012 EMD F3	GSW 1208 EMD SW7
GM&O 1200 EMC Boxcab	Alton Abraham Lincoln Boxcab	GM&O 50, 1002 Alco RS1, S2	GM&O 1002 Alco S2	GM&O 59 Alco RS1	GM&O 1516, 1504 Alco RS3, RS2
GM&O 722 Alco FA1	GM&O 102 EMD E7	GM&O 2509 SLC-EMC Motor Car	IC 121 Green Diamond	IC 1030A-B EMD TR2	IC 9310 EMD SW7
IC 4033 EMD E8	IC 4020 EMD E8	IC 9062 EMD GP9	IC 8256 Paducah GP10	ICG 482 EMD SW9	IT 1605, C&NW 1518 EMD GP7
IT 1601 EMD GP7	IT 1514 EMD SW1500	LIRR 2001 FM C-Line	L&N 781 EMD E7	L&N 3009, 1609 EMD GP40, GE U25B	M&StL 545 EMD FT
MN&S 21 BLH DT6-6-2000	MP 8020 Alco PA3	MP 702 EMD SD40	MP 1283 EMD SW1200	MP 361, 2502 EMD GP9, GP35	NH 556 Alco RS3
NYC 1018 etc. Alco FA1, FB1	NYC 4059 EMD E8	P&E 5625 EMD GP7	NYC 3800, 3801 BLW DR44-1500	NYC 8222, 8318 Alco RS2, RS3	NYC 8279 Alco RS3
NKP 90 GE 44-Ton	NKP 190 Alco PA1	NKP 530 EMD GP9	NKP 540 Alco RS3	N&W 2857 Alco RS11	PC 6147 EMD SD45
PC 6904, 6906 EMD SD9	PC 5895 EMD GP7	PRR 9473 FM Erie-Built	PRR 9789 EMD F7	Raritan River 1 EMD SW900	RS&P 500-600 EMD SW1500

	Rutland 207 Alco RS3	Rutland 202-203 Alco RS3	SJ&LC 49-51 GE 70-Ton	SOO 759 EMD SD40-2	SR 2695 EMD GP35
	SP 8783 GE U33C	TXRC 1004 BLW VO-1000	TP&W 305 EMD SW1500	UP 930 EMD E7	UP 1430, 143b EMD F3, GP9B

UP 45
GE U50

Wabash 1163
GMDD F7

WM 233
EMD F7

WRofA 530
EMD GP9