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ALCos near the airport

At 11:38 a.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2011, LAL 428 and 425 are working the Rochester & Southern's Brooks Avenue Yard near Fisher Road, close to the Rochester airport.
LAL 428 (the Sergeant W. Wise) is an ALCo C425. Reportedly: it was built in 1966 by ALCo as a model C425, builders number 3461-01, SP&S 320.
Reporting marks and numbers said to be associated with this locomotive include Seminole Gulf Railroad 550, Bay Colony 2501, Shoreline Locomotives 2556, Mass. Central 4258, Arkansas & Missouri 4258, Kyle 4258, BN 4258, SP&S 320.
In 2024 it had an electrical fire and was deemed a total loss.
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October 6, 2011, was an awesome day chasing the LAL with Otto Vondrak

Nikon D300s, Nikon 24~120mm f4 FX lens, image 2011.10.6.1.136-ph
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