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The Alco PA is a family of streamlined diesel-electric passenger locomotives constructed by the American Locomotive Company between 1946 and 1953. Distinguished by its aggressive, sweeping exterior styling, the A-unit variants featured a 2,000-horsepower sixteen-cylinder prime mover. Railroads such...
The Alco PA-1 was a diesel-electric locomotive manufactured by American Locomotive Company between 1946 and 1953. It's notable for its distinctive streamlined design intended to improve efficiency and passenger comfort. Primarily used by railroads transporting passengers, the PA-1 remains a signific...
The Alco RS-3 is a four-axle diesel-electric road-switcher locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) beginning in 1950. Rated at 1,600 horsepower from its Alco 244-series engine, it was one of the most commercially successful road-switcher designs of its era, with over 1,400...
The ALCO RS-1 is a diesel-electric locomotive introduced by the American Locomotive Company in 1941, recognized as the first true road-switcher design. Featuring a hood unit configuration, the locomotive provided the dual functionality of mainline road travel and yard switching. Powered by an ALCO 5...
The WDM-2 is an ALCO-derived diesel-electric locomotive introduced to Indian Railways in 1962, built at Varanasi's Diesel Locomotive Works, and long regarded as the backbone of Indian diesel traction.
The Alco FA was a family of B-B diesel-electric freight locomotives produced by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between 1946 and 1953. Designed to compete directly with Electro-Motive Division's highly successful F-unit series, the FA was powered by ALCO's 12-cylinder 244 prime mover. The loc...
The Alco RS-2 is a four-axle B-B diesel-electric road switcher locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company (Alco) between 1946 and 1950. Rated at 1,500 horsepower using an Alco 244-series prime mover, it served as the direct and more powerful successor to the pioneering RS-1 design. T...
The ALCO FA-1 is a diesel-electric cab unit locomotive manufactured by the American Locomotive Company from 1946 to 1951. Designed primarily for freight service, the cabbed A-units were frequently operated in consists with cabless FB-1 booster units to increase overall pulling power. The FA-1 was wi...
The ALCO DL109 was a streamlined diesel-electric passenger locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company between 1939 and 1945. Its carbody design combined a full-width cab with a long, rounded nose, while two diesel engines supplied power to electric traction motors. The New Haven Railroad op...
The Canadian Pacific FA-2 is a cab-unit diesel-electric locomotive that operated on the Canadian Pacific Railway during the mid-20th century. Manufactured by the Montreal Locomotive Works, these units were Canadian-built versions of the American Locomotive Company's (ALCO) FA-2 design. The locomotiv...
The Alco C-628 is a six-axle diesel-electric freight locomotive introduced by the American Locomotive Company in 1963. Powered by a turbocharged Alco 251C diesel engine, it was rated at 2,750 horsepower, not 2,000 horsepower, and used a C-C wheel arrangement suited to heavy freight service. The mode...
American six-axle diesel-electric locomotive in Alco's Century series, produced from 1965 to 1969 and rated at 3,000 horsepower for heavy freight assignments.
American four-axle diesel-electric locomotive produced by Alco from 1966 to 1968, rated at 3,000 horsepower and among the last designs Alco built before it ceased production in 1969.
Alco's Century C415, produced from 1966, is a low-hood four-axle diesel switcher rated at 1,500 hp from a turbocharged 251 engine, built in limited numbers for industrial service.
