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2. ALCO RS-1 - Wikipedia

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   In 1940, the Rock Island Railroad approached ALCO about building a road switcher locomotive, for both road and switching service. [1] To meet the Rock Island's request, ALCO created the RS-1. Their new design was a hood unit, in contrast to most existing locomotive designs at the time which were predominantly carbody units. The hood unit design ...

3. ALCO FA - Wikipedia

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   Railroad Quantity FA-2 Quantity FB-2 Road numbers FA-2 Road numbers FB-2 Notes American Locomotive Company: 2: 2: 1603A, D: 1603B, C: 1603A, B, C, D sold to Chicago and North Western 4103A, B-4104A, B Ann Arbor Railroad: 14 — 50, A–56, A — 4 units to Wabash Railroad in 1964, remainder traded to EMD on GP35s Baltimore and Ohio Railroad: 28: 16

4. Rock Island Rockets - Wikipedia

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   Monument showing the Rocket routes in 1952 at the former Rock Island Lines Passenger Station in Rock Island, Illinois. The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Rockets were lightweight, streamlined diesel-electric passenger trains built by the Budd Company. These six trains were the first streamlined equipment purchased by the Rock Island ...

5. ALCO Century 415 - Wikipedia

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   Monongahela Connecting Railroad 701 is at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. [5] Chehalis Western Railroad 684 is at Fife History Museum and Cultural Center in Fife, Washington. [7] Buffalo Southern Railroad 423, formerly Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad 423 is at the Buffalo Southern's Hamburg Shops in Hamburg, New York. [8]

6. EMD E-unit - Wikipedia

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   EMC also introduced the TA model in 1937, selling six to the Rock Island. This had similar carbody styling, but otherwise had more in common with UP M-10001 , M-10002 , and M-10003 to M-10006 , in that it was a 1,200 hp (900 kW), single-engined unit on B-B trucks instead of the E-units' A1A-A1A wheel arrangement .

7. USRA Light Mikado - Wikipedia

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   Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad: 9 (+11 from T&P) K-55. 2300–2308, 2309–2319 [8] Built 1919 by Baldwin And ALCO. Scrapped 1942-1945 and scrapped 1947-1951