Alco-GE was a partnership between the American Locomotive Company and General Electric that lasted from 1940 to 1953. Their main competitor was EMD. Alco...
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The ALCO FA is a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric...
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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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locomotives since 1936. From 1940 through 1953, GE participated in a design, production, and marketing consortium (Alco-GE) for diesel-electric locomotives with...
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road switcher, but by 1950 Alco-GE was struggling to keep up with EMD. In 1953, GE dissolved their partnership with ALCo and took over the gas turbine–electric...
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Montreal Locomotive Works (section Purchase by Alco)
slight modifications to distinguish between MLW and ALCO-GE versions. In 1951, MLW began to build Alco-GE cab units for freight and passenger service. Canadian...
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Pacific GTELs were a series of gas turbine–electric locomotives built by Alco-GE and General Electric from 1952 to 1961 and operated by Union Pacific from...
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ALCO RS-1 is 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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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 GE boxcabs, sometimes also GE IR boxcabs, were diesel-electric switcher locomotives succeeding the ALCO boxcabs. The locomotives were built by General...
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development of end cab switchers led ALCO to build the HH series based on the McIntosh & Seymour 531 engine and using GE electrical components by mid-1931...
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locomotives produced by GE. They use the same type of engine across all models (GE 7FDL-8, except for UM 106T Locomotives which used Alco 12-244E). Despite...
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GECAS (GE Capital Aviation Services) was an Irish–American commercial aviation financing and leasing company. AerCap acquired the company from GE Capital...
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The ALCO HH series was an early set of diesel switcher locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York between 1931...
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mover. The U30B competed with the EMD GP40 and the ALCO Century 430, but was not as successful as the GE U30C. Western Pacific #3051 is preserved at the...
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Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, WI: Kalmbach Publishing Company. p. GE-143. ISBN 0-89024-026-4. ALCo-GE-IR Boxcabs Page Denver Public Library Digital Collections...
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pair of 16 cylinder ALCO 251C diesel engines, and rated at 5,500 hp (4,101 kW), it was ALCO's answer to the EMD DD35A and the GE U50. The C855 rode on...
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production. However, with the advent of the Universal Series, GE ended its partnership with Alco and entered the export locomotive market on its own. The export-oriented...
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dissolved the ALCO-GE partnership in the wake of ALCO's lackluster efforts at developing reliable higher-powered engines, and took over the ALCO-GE gas-turbine-electric...
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The American Locomotive Company (ALCO), based in Schenectady, New York, United States produced a wide range of diesel-electric locomotives from its opening...
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Indonesia. The first double cabin locomotives were the GE CM20EMP's predecessors, such as CC200s (Alco-GE UM 106T), BB301s and BB304s (Krupp M1500BB), and BB305s...
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relative to steam would be most beneficial. GE entered a collaboration with the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and Ingersoll-Rand (the "AGEIR" consortium)...
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engine. Ten GE 78-ton units followed in mid-1953 and were exported to the Consolidated Railroads of Cuba. The following year seven ALCO S-5, a demonstrator...
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Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc. "GE emerges world's largest company: Forbes". Trading Markets.com. April 10, 2009...
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of ALCO diesel locomotives List of MLW diesel locomotives Strapac, Joseph A. (March 2013). Southern Pacific Historic Diesels Volume 18: Alco and GE Diesel...
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The GE U50 was an eight-axle, 5,000 hp (3,700 kW) diesel-electric locomotive built by GE Rail. They were twin-engined locomotives, combining two 2,500 hp...
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New York Central T-Motor (category ALCO locomotives)
T-Motor was the class designation given by the New York Central to its ALCO-GE built T-1a, T-1b, T-2a, T-2b, and T-3a electric locomotives. The T-Motors...
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New York Central S-Motor (category ALCO locomotives)
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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TR1, TR2, TR3, TR4, TR5, TR6, TR9, TR12 ALCO — SSB-9 Baldwin — S-8 Gas turbine locomotives: Factory-built: ALCO/GE Transportation - Union Pacific gas turbine...
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1961 and rapidly propelled GE into second place in the locomotive market, behind EMD. Faced with this market situation, Alco in 1962 completely redesigned...
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