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    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...
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    Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) between June, 1946 and December, 1953. Designed by General Electric's Ray Patten (along with their ALCO FA cousins)...
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  • The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO, ALCo or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing...
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  • 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...
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    AB6 ALCO DL-103b ALCO DL-105 ALCO DL-107 ALCO DL-108 ALCO DL-109 ALCO DL-110 ALCO DL-202 ALCO DL-203 ALCO FPA/FPB-1 ALCO FPA/FPB-2 ALCO PA/PB-1 ALCO PA/PB-2...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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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...
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  • FA2, VTOL fighter airplane Fulton FA-2 Airphibian, car-airplane hybrid ALCO FA-2 locomotive Osella FA2 racecar Casio FA-2 programmable calculator interface...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    Station in New York City and New Haven, Connecticut. The EP-5s resembled the Alco FA. The EP-5s were the first AC passenger electric locomotives to use rectifiers...
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  • 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...
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    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:...
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  • 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...
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  • FA1 (redirect from FA-1)
    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...
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  • 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)...
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  • 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...
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    (ALCO)’s various factories and the NP’s own shops in Brainerd, Minnesota. One of the classes was the W-3, with 135 such locomotives built by ALCO's former...
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    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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    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...
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    former LIRR "Power Pack" cab unit (one a former ALCO FA, the other a former EMD F7). However, as of 2015; The FA and F7 were retired and replaced by Comet 1...
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    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...
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