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The Alco T6 (DL 440) is a diesel-electric switcher locomotive rated at 1,000 horsepower (750 kW), that rides on two-axle trucks, having a B-B wheel arrangement. The ' T' stands for 'Transfer', meaning this locomotive is capable of faster transition and higher sustained speeds than the regular ' S' - type yard switcher series.
Model Specification Build date Total produced Wheel arrangement Prime mover Power output Image ALCO 300 — 1931–1938: 11: B-B: M&S 6-330: 300 hp (220 kW) ALCO 600
The latter owns one of the last Alco switchers built, #1016, a T-6 type. This and Alco sister 151 (ex Western Maryland Railway S-6) provide daily service in Middletown. Two original Alco RS-2's that were delivered to the Nevada Northern Railway are still in operation. [citation needed] ALCO-Cooke 2-8-0 #18, built in 1920, survives in passenger ...
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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 (MLW). [1]Powered by turbocharged, 6-cylinder ALCO 539 diesel engines, the two locomotives differed mainly in their trucks: the S-2 had ALCO "Blunt" trucks; the S-4, AAR type A switcher trucks.
Fairbanks Morse entered the road switcher field in 1947 with the H-15-44. [citation needed] EMD was the last to enter the field and failed to capture much of the market with their first road switcher the BL2. [i] The RS-3 was the best known of the Alco RS road switchers and was produced in more numbers than the RS-1 and RS-2 designs combined.
The 4-6-6-4 locomotives were so large that in many places in Montana the Northern Pacific had to widen the centers of its double track on the Rocky Mountain Division. As a rule they did not work west of Easton, Washington , due to the confines of Stampede Tunnel under the summit of Stampede Pass .
Switchers NW2 35 built for the C&O; SW7 26 built for the C&O; SW9 35 built for the C&O; TR3 Cow-Calf-Calf 2 sets built in 1949; TR4 Cow-Calf 2 sets built and operated together for use on the Dawkins Sub. out of Paintsville, KY.