Having started out 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, including some 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 selections below to view the full-size images. You can also page through the collection sequentially.

Dr. Richard Leonard

Amtrak 52 RTG Turbo	Amtrak 200 EMD E8A	Amtrak 292 EMD E8A	Amtrak 513, 504 EMD SDP40-F	AA 52A Alco FA	AT&SF 31-C EMD F3
AT&SF 43 EMD F7	AT&SF 124 EMD FT	AT&SF 303 EMD F7	AT&SF 311 EMD F7	AT&SF 314 EMD F7	AT&SF 503 FM H12-44
AT&SF 2099 Alco RS2	B&O 82 EMD F3	B&O 3692, 3694 EMD GP40	B&O 6574 EMD GP9	B&M 1515 Alco RS3	B&M 4226 EMD F2
B&M Flying Yankee, EMC	B&M Budd RDC	BN 436 EMD SW10	BN 5761 GE U33C	BN 9902, 9913 EMD E9AC	BN (C&S) 813, 816 EMD SD7
CNR D-400 Budd RDC-4	CPR 1402 GMD FP7	CofG 812 EMD E8	CRRNJ 2001 BLW DRX 6-4-2000	C&O 96 EMD E7	C&O 1843 EMD BL2
C&O 3004, 5911 EMD GP30, GP9	C&O 4009 EMD E8	C&O 5758-5777 EMD GP7	C&EI 93 EMD GP7	C&IM 60 EMD SD18	C&NW 877 EMD SD40
C&NW 1019 BLW DS 4-4-1000	C&NW High-Level Commuter	CB&Q 169AB, 156A EMD F7	CB&Q 240-239 EMD GP7	CB&Q 9900 Pioneer Zephyr	CB&Q 9934A EMD E7
CB&Q 9911A EMD E5	C&S 822 EMD SD9	CGW 116-A EMD FP7	CMStP&P 44-D EMD FT	CMStP&P 62-C EMD FP7	CMStP&P 581, 577 SDL39, RSC2
CMStP&P 977 EMD GP20m	CMStP&P 2314 FM H12-44	CRI&P 2 EMD LWT12	CRI&P 255 GE U28B	CRI&P 418 Alco C415	CRI&P 433, 1229 EMD GP7
CRI&P 601 EMC TA	CRI&P 648 EMD E8	CRI&P 4588, 4598 GE U30C	CRI&P Rocky Mountain Rocket	CWP&S 40 EMD SW8	Com Edison 16 EMD SW1200
CR 6251, 6437 EMD SD40, SD40-2	CR 6423, 6255 EMD SD40-2, SD40	CR 6666, 6078 EMD SD45-2, SD45	D&RGW 72 BLW VO-660	D&RGW 3107 EMD GP40-2	D&RGW 5534 EMD F3
D&RGW 6013 Alco PA1	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 9013, etc. EMD F3	GTW 9018, 9012 EMD F3	GSW 1208 EMD SW7	GM&O 50, 1002 Alco RS1, S2	GM&O 59 Alco RS1
GM&O 102 EMD E7	GM&O 722 Alco FA1	GM&O 1127 Alco RS1	GM&O 1200 EMC Boxcab	Alton Abraham Lincoln Boxcab	GM&O 1516, 1504 Alco RS3, RS2
GM&O 2509 SLC-EMC Motor Car	IC 121 Green Diamond	IC 1030A-B EMD TR2	IC 1212, 1209 EMD SW7	IC 4020 EMD E8	IC 4033 EMD E8
IC 8256 Paducah GP10	IC 9062 EMD GP9	IC 9310 EMD SW7	ICG 482 EMD SW9	IT 1514 EMD SW1500	IT 1601 EMD GP7
IT 1605, C&NW 1518 EMD GP7	IHB 8864 EMD SW7	LIRR 2001 FM C-Line	L&N 781 EMD E7	L&N 2732 GE U23B	L&N 3009, 1609 EMD GP40, GE U25B
M&StL 545 EMD FT	MN&S 21 BLH DT6-6-2000	MP 361, 2502 EMD GP9, GP35	MP 702 EMD SD40	MP 1283 EMD SW1200	MP 8020 Alco PA3
NH 556 Alco RS3	NYC 1018 etc. Alco FA1, FB1	NYC 3800, 3801 BLW DR-4-4-1500	NYC 4059 EMD E8	NYC 8222, 8318 Alco RS2, RS3	NYC 8279 Alco RS3
P&E 5625 EMD GP7	NKP 90 GE 44-Ton	NKP 114 EMD SW8	NKP 190 Alco PA1	NKP 473, 562 EMD GP9, Alco RS11	NKP 500 EMD GP9
NKP 530 EMD GP9	NKP 540 Alco RS3	N&W 2857 Alco RS11	PC 5895 EMD GP7	PC 6147 EMD SD45	PC 6904, 6906 EMD SD9
PRR 8634 Alco RS11	PRR 9473-9464 FM Erie-Built	PRR 9789 EMD F7	PRR 9843-9855 EMD FP7A	PRR 9871 EMD FP7A	Port of Montreal 7602, EMD SW1001
Raritan River 1 EMD SW900	RS&P 500-600 EMD SW1500	Rutland 202-203 Alco RS3	Rutland 207 Alco RS3	StJ&LC 49-51 GE 70-Ton	SCL 1535 EMD GP40
SOO 759 EMD SD40-2	SR 2695 EMD GP35	SP 8783 GE U33C	TXRC 1004 BLW VO-1000	TP&W 305 EMD SW1500	UP 45 GE U50
UP 930 EMD E7	UP 1430, 143B EMD F3, GP9B	Wabash 1163 GMD F7	Wabash 1189 GMD F7	WM 233 EMD F7	WRofA 530 EMD GP9