New York Central Railroad Alco FA-1 in Worcester Massachusettes. From the internet.

New York Central Railroad Alco FA-1 in Worcester Massachusettes. From the internet.
Originally uploaded by Eddie from Chicago

I spotted this rare 1950's era color railroad photo on the internet recently.

One of many North American Class 1 railroads that was in a big hurry to dieselize their operations after World War 2, was the New York Central Railroad.

The NYC was a railroad that was fully comitted to modernization. This photo was taken in the city of Worcester Massachusettes possibly during the early to mid 1950's. The cab unit locomotive leading this train, was produced by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectedy New York USA.

It appears to be an ALCO model FA-1, wich were pretty much assigned to working on mainline freight trains. It is wearing the pre 1959 black with gray and white lightning stripes color scheme.