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 …

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.

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: …

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.

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.

2005年11月5日 · Revise your roster to show that GM&O #292 was originally Alco-GE #1776 a demonstrator that pulled the first American Freedom Train, 9/47-1/49. Two other Alco-GE PA-1 demonstrators were rebuilt and sold to MKT as PA-2s.

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.

After its days on the Freedom Train, the locomotive was sold to the GM&O Railroad and numbered 292. While on the railroad the loco wore a pair of large bronze plaques noting its …

Here is an original photo by an unidentified photographer of General Electric's "Freedom Train" during its visit to Philadelphia's 30th Street Station in September of 1947. In the lead is engine …