The 17 is switching cars in the yard and doing what an ALCO does best.

This locomotive is a 900hp S-6 made in 1956. The reason for the large amounts of smoke is when the engineer throttles up a lot of fuel is shot into the engine before the turbo charger can catch up with the increased amount of fuel. This is only temporary and is not a sign of mechanical problems.

Photographed by Jesse Mazzie, October 8, 2004.
Added to the photo archive by Jesse Mazzie, October 9, 2004.
Railroad: Fore River Transportation.

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