Having started out as an amateur rail photographer during the waning days of steam power in North America, I never became much of a diesel aficionado. As a result my rail photography activities largely went into eclipse during the decades following the 1950s. My interest revived in earnest only after advances in technology enabled me to share my early camera work via the Internet. The first effort in that direction was my Steam Locomotive Archive, which continues to be the flagship section of what has evolved into Richard Leonard's Rail Archive.

Neverthless, along the way I did take some photographs, later transparencies, of diesel locomotives both during the steam era and subsequently. A few of these images found their way into the Nonsteam Rarities page of the Steam Locomotive Archive. Later, as the Rail Archive expanded, I found a place for my diesel photos from the New York Central System in the New York Central Collection, and for those from the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio's former Alton Route in my GM&O Gallery. But a group of miscellaneous vintage diesel images remained, for which I had no home.

Eventually, I assembled many of these images into this Vintage Diesel Miscellany. To those photos for which I am responsible I have added a large number by my brother, Rev. David V. Leonard, late of Binghamton, New York, plus images supplied by Gary Thompson of Normal, Illinois, Tom Rock of Cleveland, Tennessee, and others. A few of my photos from the New York Central Collection are also presented here, plus some appropriate to the GM&O Gallery though not included there. With a few exceptions, including some older power now in museums, these images are from forty to seventy years old. Those not attributed to other sources are my work, and have been copied digitally from transparencies or color and black-and-white negatives, or in a few instances scanned from prints.

In most cases I am offering only minimal commentary with these photos, due to my lack of familiarity with the realm of dieseldom. However, I try to provide the location and date for each photograph, plus builder models, years of erection, and other details such as alternate numbering and other owners, for the locomotives shown. Credit for much of the supporting information goes to The Diesel Shop and the various sites linked therein, and also to the Railroad Picture Archives site and to Don's Depot Railroad Photos by the late Don Ross, now presented by the Illinois Railway Museum. Click on the selections below to view the full-size images. You can also page through the collection sequentially.

Dr. Richard Leonard

Amtrak 52 RTG Turbo	Amtrak 200 EMD E-8A	Amtrak 292 EMD E-8A	Amtrak 513, 504 EMD SDP-40-F	Amtrak 517 GE P-32-8WH	AA 52A ALCo FA
AT&SF 31-C EMD F-3	AT&SF 43 EMD F-7	AT&SF 124 EMD FT	AT&SF 303 EMD F-7	AT&SF 311 EMD F-7	AT&SF 314 EMD F-7
AT&SF 503 FM H12-44	AT&SF 2099 ALCo RS-2	SF 2940, SP 3337 EMD GP-9, GP-9E	AT&SF 3532 EMD GP-38	B&O 82 EMD F-3	B&O 3692, 3694 EMD GP-40
B&O 6439 EMD GP-9	B&O 6574 EMD GP-9	B&LE 727 EMD F-7	BS 81-83 ALCo HH900	B&SV 2254 GE 80-Ton	B&M 1515 ALCo RS-3
B&M 4226 EMD F-2	B&M Flying Yankee, EMC	B&M Budd RDC	BN 436 EMD SW-10	BN 581 EMD SW-10	BN 5761 GE U-33C
BN 6616 EMD F-45	BN 9902, 9913 EMD E-9AC	BN (C&S) 813, 816 EMD SD-7	CNR D-400 Budd RDC-4	CPR 1402 GMD FP-7	CPR 1409 GMD FP-9
CofG 812 EMD E-8	CRRNJ 2001 BLW DRX 6-4-2000	C&O 96 EMD E-7	C&O 1843 EMD BL-2	C&O 3004, 5911 EMD GP-30, GP-9	C&O 4009 EMD E-8
C&O 5758-5777 EMD GP-7	C&EI 93 EMD GP-7	C&IM 60 EMD SD-18	C&NW 411 EMD F-7	C&NW High-Level Commuter	C&NW 877 EMD SD-40
C&NW 1019 BLW DS 4-4-1000	C&NW 1696 FM H16-66	C&NW 4324 EMD GP-9R	CB&Q 169AB, 156A EMD F-7	CB&Q 240-239 EMD GP-7	CB&Q 9277 EMD SW-1200
CB&Q 9900 Pioneer Zephyr	CB&Q 9911A EMD E-5	CB&Q 9934A EMD E-7	CB&Q 9966 EMD E-7	CB&Q 9977 EMD E-7	C&S 822 EMD SD-9
CGW 116-A EMD FP-7	CMStP&P 44-D EMD FT	CMStP&P 62-C EMD FP-7	CMStP&P 581, 577 SDL39, RSC2	CMStP&P 603 EMD SW-1200	CMStP&P 977 EMD GP-20m
CMStP&P 2314 FM H12-44	CRI&P 2 EMD LWT12	CRI&P 255 GE U-28B	CRI&P 418 ALCo C-415	CRI&P 433, 1229 EMD GP-7	CRI&P 601 EMC TA
CRI&P 648 EMD E-8	CRI&P 1281 EMD GP-7	CRI&P 4588, 4598 GE U-30C	CRI&P Rocky Mountain Rocket	CWP&S 40 EMD SW-8	Com Edison 16 EMD SW-1200
CR 6251, 6437 EMD SD40, SD40-2	CR 6298 EMD SD-40	CR 6423, 6255 EMD SD40-2, SD40	CR 6511, 6457 EMD SD-40-2	CR 6666, 6078 EMD SD-45-2, SD-45	D&RGW 72 BLW VO-660
D&RGW 3107 EMD GP-40-2	D&RGW 5534 EMD F-3	D&RGW 6013 ALCo PA-1	Erie 832 EMD E-8	E-L 1048 ALCo RS-3	Galesburg Koppers Tie Plant
Georgia 1042 EMD GP-9	GTW 78 EMD SC	GTW 7904 EMD NW-2	GTW 9013, etc. EMD F-3	GTW 9018, 9012 EMD F-3	GSW 1208 EMD SW-7
GM&O 50, 1002 ALCo RS-1, S-2	GM&O 59 ALCo RS-1	GM&O 102 EMD E-7	GM&O 722 ALCo FA-1	GM&O 1127 ALCo RS-1	GM&O 1200 EMC Boxcab
Alton Abraham Lincoln Boxcab	GM&O 1516, 1504 ALCo RS-3, RS-2	GM&O 2509 SLC-EMC Motor Car	IC 121 Green Diamond	IC 1030A-B EMD TR-2	IC 1212, 1209 EMD SW-7
IC 4020 EMD E-8	IC 4033 EMD E-8	IC 8256 Paducah GP-10	IC 9062 EMD GP-9	IC 9310 EMD SW-7	ICG 482 EMD SW-9
IT 1514 EMD SW-1500	IT 1601 EMD GP-7	IT 1605, C&NW 1518 EMD GP-7	IHB 8864 EMD SW-7	LIRR 2001 FM C-Line	L&N 781 EMD E-7
L&N 1025-1048 EMD GP-30	L&N 2732 GE U-23B	L&N 3009, 1609 EMD GP-40, GE U-25B	Metra 120 EMD F-40PH-3	M&StL 545 EMD FT	MN&S 21 BLH DT6-6-2000
MP 361, 2502 EMD GP-9, GP-35	MP 702 EMD SD-40	MP 1283 EMD SW-1200	MP 8020 ALCo PA-3	NH 28 Budd RDC-1	NH 519 ALCo RS-2
NH 556 ALCo RS-3	NYC 1018 etc. ALCo FA-1, FB-1	NYC 3800, 3801 BLW DR-4-4-1500	NYC 4059 EMD E-8	NYC 8222, 8318 ALCo RS-2, RS-3	NYC 8279 ALCo RS-3
P&E 5625 EMD GP-7	NKP 90 GE 44-Ton	NKP 114 EMD SW-8	NKP 190 ALCo PA-1	NKP 473, 562 EMD GP-9, ALCo RS-11	NKP 500 EMD GP-9
NKP 530 EMD GP-9	NKP 540 ALCo RS-3	N&W 621 EMD GP-9	N&W 2242 EMD SW-9	N&W 2575 ALCo RS-11	N&W 2857 ALCo RS-11
PC 3241 EMD GP-40	PC 5895 EMD GP-7	PC 6147 EMD SD-45	PC 6904, 6906 EMD SD-9	PRR 8634 ALCo RS-11	PRR 9473, 9464 FM Erie-Built
PRR 9789 EMD F-7	PRR 9843, 9855 EMD FP-7A	PRR 9871 EMD FP-7A	Port of Montreal 7602, EMD SW-1001	Raritan River 1 EMD SW-900	RS&P 500-600 EMD SW-1500
Rutland 202-203 ALCo RS-3	Rutland 207 ALCo RS-3	StJ&LC 49, 51 GE 70-Ton	SL-SF 683, 416 EMD GP-38-2	SSW 4138 EMD GP-20E	SCL 1535 EMD GP-40
SOO 759 EMD SD-40-2	SOO 800 GE U-30-C	SOO 763, 6603 EMD SD-40-2	SR 2695 EMD GP-35	SP 8783 GE U-33C	TXRC 1004 BLW VO-1000
TP&W 305 EMD SW-1500	TP&W 400 ALCo RS-11	UP SF-4 EMD E-6	UP 45 GE U-50	UP 930 EMD E-8	UP 1430, 143B EMD F-3, GP-9B
Wabash 1163 GMD F-7	Wabash 1189 GMD F-7	WM 233 EMD F-7	WRofA 530 EMD GP-9	W F Hall 5 Whitcomb 50-Ton	WP&Y 94 GE 86-Ton