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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 in 1901 until it ceased manufacture in 1969. This is a list of ALCO locomotive classes. For individually notable locomotives, please see List of locomotives. There are numerous individual ...
The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad No. 206 is a preserved S-2 class diesel switcher locomotive on display in at the Maywood Station Museum in Maywood, New Jersey.No. 206 was built by ALCO in 1942 for the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad (NYS&W), as part of their process to dieselize their locomotive roster.
ALCO S-1 and S-3; ALCO S-2 and S-4; ALCO S-5; ALCO S-6; Savannah and Atlanta 750; ALCO SB-8/SSB-9; SEK class Ια; SEK Class Θγ; Sentetsu Amei-class locomotives; Sentetsu Mikani-class locomotive; Sentetsu Pashini-class locomotive; Sentetsu Tehoko-class locomotive; Sentetsu Tehosa-class locomotive; SNCB Type 29; SNCF Class 141R; Soo Line 353 ...
After the 1901 merger, ALCO made the Schenectady plant its headquarters in Schenectady, New York. One of the better-known locomotives to come out of the Schenectady shops was Central Pacific Railroad type 4-4-0 No. 60, the Jupiter (built in September 1868), one of two steam locomotives to take part in the " Golden Spike Ceremony" to celebrate ...
ALCO MRS-1 #244 (Yreka Western Railroad). The locomotive was scrapped in 2011. Thirteen of the locomotives were sold to the Alaska Railroad—six in 1974, and seven in 1975. Alaska retired its last ALCO MRS-1s in 1984. [3] Two locomotives were sold to the Uruguayan Administración de Ferrocarriles del Estado, numbered 1611, 1612. One suffered a ...
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 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.
The ALCO Century Series locomotives were a line of road switcher locomotives produced by Alco, the Montreal Locomotive Works and AE Goodwin under license in Australia. Production of the Century Series began in 1963 and ended in 1972. MLW and Goodwin continued to build Century locomotives after Alco ended locomotive production and shut down in ...