#m420

M-420 and a Diamond.

In my younger days, I wasn’t very enthusiastic about the Montreal Locomotive Works M-420s. I viewed them as ugly derivations of my favorite Alco RS-11s and C-420s.

That irrational bias never prevented from photographing the M-420s at work. Since both Central Vermont and Providence & Worcester operated M-420s, they seemed common enough to me when I was photographing in southern New England in…

1. Her little highlights are white because that's the color of the SRB in the institute plaza

2. Her aesthetic is dark valkyrie because she chooses a target and brings them back to the institute, like how a valkyrie chooses the slain