The ALCO S-2 and S-4 are 1,000-horsepower (746 kW) diesel electric switcher locomotives produced by ALCO and Canadian licensee Montreal Locomotive Works...
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The ALCO S-1 and S-3 were 660 horsepower (490 kW) diesel-electric switcher locomotives produced by ALCO and their Canadian subsidiary Montreal Locomotive...
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The Alco S-6 (specification DL 430) was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive constructed by ALCO of Schenectady, New York; a total of 126 locomotives...
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York between 1931 and 1940, when they were replaced by the S series: the 660 hp (490 kW) S-1 and 1,000 hp (750 kW) S-2. They were ALCO's first diesel switchers...
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The ALCO RS-2 is a 1,500–1,600 horsepower (1,100–1,200 kW) B-B diesel-electric locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) from 1946 to...
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American Locomotive Company (redirect from Alco)
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing...
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Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) between June, 1946 and December, 1953. Designed by General Electric's Ray Patten (along with their ALCO FA cousins)...
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The ALCO 251 is a 4-stroke diesel engine that was developed by the American Locomotive Company to replace its 244 and 539 engines. The 251 was developed...
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and North Western Class E-4 was a class of nine streamlined 4-6-4 "Hudson" steam locomotives built in 1937 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO)...
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S-Motor was the class designation given by the New York Central to its ALCO-GE built S-1, S-2, S-2a and S-3 electric locomotives. The S-Motors hold the...
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Southern Pacific 5021 (category 4-10-2 locomotives)
Southern Pacific 5021 is an SP-2 class 4-10-2 steam locomotive built in 1926 by ALCO at their Schenectady, New York, shops. It is the only member of this...
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ALCO RS-1 was a 4-axle diesel-electric locomotive built by Alco-GE between 1941 and 1953 and the American Locomotive Company from 1953 to 1960. ALCO subsidiary...
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The Alco T6 (DL 440) was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive rated at 1,000 horsepower (750 kW), that rode on two-axle trucks, having a B-B wheel arrangement...
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The ALCO C-643DH, also known as the Century 643DH, was a twin-engine diesel-hydraulic locomotive, the first diesel-hydraulic road switcher built in the...
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locomotive class WDM-2 is a class of diesel-electric locomotive that was developed in 1962 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for Indian Railways....
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were used in S-2 switchers and DL-105 passenger locomotives built in September 1940. Alco locomotives using this engine include the S-2, S-4, RS-1, RSC-1...
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upgraded version of the earlier ALCO RSD-4, and used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the ALCO RS-3, the six-motor design allowed...
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Soo Line locomotives (section ALCO)
were 4-8-4 "Northern" locomotives. ALCO FA: 22 locomotives (205A+B–211A+B, 2220A+B–2223A+B) ALCO S-2: 7 locomotives (2103–2107, 2109–2110) ALCO S-4: 1 locomotives...
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The ALCo Century 636 was the most powerful single-engine diesel-electric locomotive constructed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCo). It used their...
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(ALCO) merger by closing and reopening as Rogers Locomotive Works, but the company's independence lasted only until 1905, when ALCO purchased it. ALCO...
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U.S. Sugar 148, formerly Florida East Coast 148, is a 4-6-2 steam locomotive built in April 1920 by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Richmond...
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The last American 2-8-4 built was also the last steam locomotive built by Lima, Nickel Plate 779, in 1949. Coincidentally, ALCO’s last steam locomotives...
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Rio Grande class K-28 (category ALCO locomotives)
by the Schenectady Locomotive Works of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for the Denver & Rio Grande Railroad. They were the first new narrow gauge...
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ALCO 244 was a diesel prime mover built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). An evolution of the earlier 241 diesel engine, it powered ALCO's first...
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thick and wide face shield below the smokebox, and plain smokebox face with headlight centered. In 1944, Alco took the boiler from the K-62s and tweaked...
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Portland and Seattle Railway's Class L-2 was a class of 4-4-0 steam locomotives. Gartner, John T. (1990). North Bank Road, The Spokane Portland and Seattle...
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Cab unit (section A and B unit)
AB6 ALCO DL-103b ALCO DL-105 ALCO DL-107 ALCO DL-108 ALCO DL-109 ALCO DL-110 ALCO DL-202 ALCO DL-203 ALCO FPA/FPB-1 ALCO FPA/FPB-2 ALCO PA/PB-1 ALCO PA/PB-2...
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The ALCO 241 was a diesel prime mover built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). It was the company's first diesel engine originally designed to...
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Louis exhibition. The C&NW subsequently asked ALCO to construct one D class 4-4-2 (No. 1300) and one R-1 class 4-6-0 (No. 76) with superheated boilers. The...
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