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New Hampshire & Vermont Alco RS-11 at Whitefield.

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It seems like another age when I drove to Whitefield, New Hampshire on spec to photograph the famous ball signal in October 1992. As a bonus, I caught this New Hampshire & Vermont Alco RS-11 working the yard.

In this view the RS11 crosses Union Street-Route 3 on the former Boston & Maine line to Wells River via Littleton.

I exposed this Kodachrome 25 slide using my Leica M2 with a 50mm Summicron.

The ball signal still stands at Whitefield, but the tracks are almost never used. I wonder what happened to this RS-11?

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3 comments on “New Hampshire & Vermont Alco RS-11 at Whitefield.”

  1. Bill O'Connell on said:

    Nice photo. I have been to Whitefield on several track car excursions out of North Conway.

    Interesting NHVT Chessie System box car.

  2. brian solomon on said:

    Thank you for the follow up. Pity about the scrapping. One less Alco RS-11.

  3. Dan Howard on said:

    According to The Diesel Shop (http://www.thedieselshop.us/LSRC.HTML) it went to the Lake State Railway where it became their 1195 and was subsequently scrapped.

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