The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric... 34 KB (1,886 words) - 01:55, 1 May 2024 |
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... 39 KB (4,220 words) - 11:52, 20 April 2024 |
Look up FA, fa, or fa' in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. FA, Fa or fa may refer to: Fa of Xia, King of China 1747–1728 BC Fa Ngum (1316–1393), founder... 2 KB (306 words) - 04:35, 28 April 2024 |
Many railroads traded in Alco FA units and EMD F-units for GP35s, reusing the trucks and traction motors. Examples with Alco trucks include those owned... 14 KB (573 words) - 21:13, 15 November 2023 |
the early 1990s, the Grand Canyon Railway purchased a fleet of 1950s-era ALCO FA Diesel-electric locomotives, featuring an iconic "snub nose" design. The... 24 KB (2,096 words) - 07:18, 10 May 2024 |
The ALCO 251 is a 4-stroke diesel engine that was developed by the American Locomotive Company to replace its 244 and 539 engines. The 251 was developed... 8 KB (838 words) - 10:16, 11 May 2024 |
ALCO 244 was a diesel prime mover built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO). An evolution of the earlier 241 diesel engine, it powered ALCO's first... 8 KB (1,103 words) - 04:43, 15 November 2023 |
Fairbanks-Morse, introduced as direct competition to such models as the ALCO PA and FA and EMD FT. F-M lacked the space and staff to design and manufacture... 16 KB (1,558 words) - 07:10, 28 March 2024 |
The American Locomotive Company (ALCO), based in Schenectady, New York, United States produced a wide range of diesel-electric locomotives from its opening... 29 KB (284 words) - 23:24, 1 February 2024 |
FA2, VTOL fighter airplane Fulton FA-2 Airphibian, car-airplane hybrid ALCO FA-2 locomotive Osella FA2 racecar Casio FA-2 programmable calculator interface... 574 bytes (105 words) - 00:40, 11 September 2016 |
Alco: Alco S-1 Alco S-2 Alco RS-1 Alco RS-2 Alco RS-3 Alco C-415 Alco C-424 Alco C-425 Alco C-636 Alco FA-1 Alco FB-1 Alco FA-2 Alco FB-2 EMD: EMD NW-2... 19 KB (1,834 words) - 18:00, 22 April 2024 |
operation in 2007, the line has removed its historic steam locomotives and ALCO FA diesels from service in favor of their modern EMD F40FH diesels. Although... 6 KB (642 words) - 07:12, 5 October 2023 |
stock railroad footage. A major number of scenes take place around CRI&P Alco FA unit No. 153 painted as the fictitious Central National; however, the interiors... 9 KB (1,144 words) - 19:50, 2 May 2024 |
Soo Line locomotives (section ALCO) locomotives. ALCO FA: 22 locomotives (205A+B–211A+B, 2220A+B–2223A+B) ALCO S-2: 7 locomotives (2103–2107, 2109–2110) ALCO S-4: 1 locomotives (2116) ALCO RS-1:... 25 KB (627 words) - 20:05, 17 January 2022 |
engineer's control stand left intact. Locomotives converted included Alco FA-1s and FA-2s, EMD F7s, and one F9. One individual power pack was further converted... 14 KB (1,373 words) - 04:48, 31 January 2024 |
the Atlantic Fresh Aire, the first album in the Fresh Aire album series ALCO FA-1, a diesel-electric locomotive Formula Acceleration 1, a formula racing... 353 bytes (88 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2014 |
service diesel locomotive as direct competition to such models as the ALCO FA and PA and EMD FT and E-unit. Assembly of the 2,000 horsepower (1.49 MW)... 21 KB (2,234 words) - 21:51, 30 January 2024 |
ALCO DL-202-2 and DL-203-2 diesel-electric locomotive (known informally as the Black Maria) was an experimental freight locomotive produced by ALCO of... 5 KB (483 words) - 14:31, 3 October 2023 |
was very simple, lacking the 1950s styling of the competing EMD F3 and ALCO FA. The utilitarian design was valued for switching jobs, a position the AS-616... 11 KB (795 words) - 18:41, 1 May 2024 |
stand left intact. Locomotives converted included Alco FA-1s and FA-2s, EMD F7s, and one F9. One FA was further converted into a power car for the C1... 41 KB (4,933 words) - 11:26, 29 April 2024 |
notoriety with railroad fans for its large proportion of diesels manufactured by Alco. For detailed info see John Gaertner's book or SP&S Historical Society https://www... 13 KB (196 words) - 14:51, 23 November 2023 |
trackage, since they felt that their steam locomotives, as well as their Alco fa units, gave the environment more visible smoke. Not only that, but the... 44 KB (5,820 words) - 20:07, 15 April 2024 |
service during and after the era of LVRR passenger service. A pair of ALCO FA-2 FB-2 car body diesel-electric locomotives were also purchased to augment... 71 KB (8,969 words) - 01:05, 19 April 2024 |
The ALCO Century 415 is a diesel-electric locomotive of B-B wheel arrangement produced by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) as part of their Century... 9 KB (548 words) - 17:46, 29 February 2024 |
The ALCO Century 628 was a six-axle, 2,750 hp (2,051 kW) diesel-electric locomotive. A total of 186 C628s were built between December 1963 and December... 3 KB (268 words) - 23:29, 7 July 2023 |