Maine Central ALCO S-1

[@davidpoor8638]

I just love these old Alcos!! The 958 is still alive and well, working on the Hobo in Lincoln NH. At least it and a very few sisters are still kicking. I miss seeing Moose. Thanks to him, many of us oldtimers can still relive the good old days! Thank you for sharing!

[@nhrrman]

David Poor Thanks David, Glad you liked it. Craig

[@Jmarolli]

David Poor I believe the Hobo Railroad has the 959 which came from the North Stratford Railroad in Beecher Falls and before that from the Maine Central Railroad

[@sheilasembly-crum8447]

David Poor Greetings! I am a "new timer" and I too love these Old Alcos!

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

958 has a much better horn now than the horn it has here.

[@andrewwilson5631]

Big Boy Pasta same horn I think just cleaned

[@chuxproductions1090]

Thanks for sharing!!! Wonder what that animal is crossing the tracks towards the beginning of this clip!!!

[@micheldescoteaux7192]

I actually modeled that engine # for my Rigby yard switching I even weather it exactly from a ho scale Atlas S-1. I believe that was the last one at Rigby and local working before they got rid of it 😭

[@nhrrman]

Still in service.....owned by the state of Maine, operated by Maine Eastern. Craig

[@QuebecCentral]

Nice vid thanks for sharing ! !

[@kevinelliott5823]

Such great footage! 4:35😍

[@andrewwilson5631]

Amazingly, the 958 is still in service. In fact, I saw it earlier today.

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

Andrew Wilson If I haven't mentioned this before, I found the bell combo for it's p4, from what I believe. It is bells 0,1,2, and 3.

[@andrewwilson5631]

Big Boy Pasta nice

[@JapaneseCityPopCat]

If you don't mind my asking, where is the crossing at 5:57? Great video, by the way! I can't get enough of vintage railroad footage.

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

Lorna D it is just a railroad crossing without any of the mechanical crossing signs.

[@traingame2.053]

@@NorthEasternMotionProductions That crossing is in Thomaston, Me

[@eeclass20]

Wonder why the airbrake pipe on the front is missing?

[@backyardrailroader]

Nice....shortlines at it's best...

[@danielfantino1714]

Quite funny, sort of "back to the future". In the video the Rockland yard is weedy and dead, dead, dead ! On Google Earth, the yard is full of ballast....good amount of cars....and turntable with 3 stalls enginehouse are still proudly there and even the S1, now on a tourist line have survived ! Quite weird....30 years after.

[@ecoRfan]

I have pictures of this engine running in 1999. Had much cleaner paint too. Not sure what ever happened to it.

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

The 958 is the main unit on the Hobo railroad.

[@michaellothrop]

I know all of those people well.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Looks healthy for 50 y.o. at the time, and still has plain journal axle-bearings.

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

The engine got into a crash at one point and they had to rebuild the cab. They did give it some new stuff, like a new brake stand and what not.

[@AGSGuy]

Haulin ass at 13:15!

[@NorthEasternMotionProductions]

Hasn’t gone that fast in years lol

[@eraldobesen5880]

adorei,este,videol

[@snydedon9636]

Down the shitter they went.