News Wire: New power silences San Francisco Bay Alco

Trains Magazine Locomotives
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SAN FRANCISCO — The San Francisco Bay Railroad is in the midst of a once-in-a-lifetime motive power change. As it happened with State Belt Railroad steam locomotives they were built to replace, the San Francisco Belt’s Alco S2s Nos. 23 an…

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Nothing lasts forever, and parts for 539 engines must be getting harder to find. At any rate, the S2 is being replaced by a most interesting and uncommon locomotive.