The ALCO PA was a family of A1A-A1A diesel locomotives built to haul passenger trains. The locomotives were built in Schenectady, New York, in the United States, by a partnership of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) between June, 1946 and December, 1953.

2025年2月21日 · Today, Doyle McCormack has successful restored former Santa Fe PA-1 #62-L into Nickel Plate Road #190. The locomotive he lovingly brought back to life has since been sold (March, 2023) to Genesee Valley Transportation of Pennsylvania, which plans to use the locomotive in excursion service.

2020年3月6日 · Nickel Plate Road PA-1 type diesel electric locomotive No. 190 called the Oregon Rail Heritage Center home. •YEARS BUILT: 1946-1950. •MANUFACTURER: Alco. •NAME: PA-1, PB-1 (cabless booster unit) •QUANTITY: 208 (169 A units; 39 B units) •HORSEPOWER: 2,000. •KNOWN FOR: Unique profile and elongated nose.

2019年5月28日 · In May, 2011 the Museum took delivery of ex-Santa Fe Railway Alco PA-1 locomotive #59L. The locomotive joins the Museum's Historic Santa Fe Collection, and is one of two Alco PAs repatriated from Mexico in 2000 through the efforts of William Withuhn of the Smithsonian Institution and noted railway preservationist Doyle McCormack.

Obtained from the Santa Fe in December of 1967 and painted in a blue version of the Santa Fe’s "Warbonnet" scheme, the four famous ALCo PA-1s were used to upgrade the power on passenger trains between Albany and Montreal. The D&H owned a fifth PA, the ex-New Haven #0783, which was used for spare parts.

On September of 1946, in an elaborate ceremony at the Alco plant at Schenectady, New York, a shiny new diesel passenger locomotive was revealed to the world. It was the first production-run version of the PA-1.

The PA locomotives were built by a partnership of American Locomotive Company and General Electric between 1946 and 1953. They offered two models, the PA-1 initially followed by the PA-2. Both were powered by ALCo’s 16-cylinder 244 diesel engine generating 2,000 HP in the PA-1 and 2,250 in the PA-2.

ALCO’s beautiful PA-1 is one of America’s most famous locomotives. It was ALCO’s entry into the passenger train diesel craze, competing directly with the E-Units from EMD.

ALCO PA series is a type of six axle 2,000 hp diesel locomotive built between 1946 and 1953. The engines were bought by 17 different railroads, including some being bought by the Sao Paulo (Paulista) Line in Brazil. The ALCO PA was designed and tested near the end of …

AZL has released ALCO PA1 and PB1s. These are by far one of the most recognizable passenger locomotives to run on US rails. Between 1946 and 1953, a total of 297 locomotives were built. The locomotives were available as an A unit and a B unit. The PA1 could generate 2,000 horsepower and reach a maximum speed of 117mph.