The ALCO FA is a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959.

2024年12月21日 · Despite the prime mover's flaws the FA model, and its variants, would sell a little more than 1,000 units making them one of Alco's most successful lines.

The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built in Schenectady, New York, by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) between January 1946 and May 1959. They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead ( A unit) FA and cabless booster ( B unit) FB models were built.

2024年1月9日 · In 1946, ALCO (in partnership with General Electric) introduced a series of locomotive models equipped with their new 244-series engine aimed at three primary markets: A freight cab unit (the FA-1); a passenger cab unit (the PA-1); and a road switcher (the RS-2).

In the early 1970s General Electric in New Jersey rebuilt 11 former NYC, L&N and WM FA-2 units as Class PC-6 HEP control cabs for the MTA Long Island Railroad, otherwise known as FA-2m. This was part of a programme that also included eight ex-New Haven and SP&S FA-1s and, somewhat later, four ex-Milwaukee and B&O F7A locomotives.

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 in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959. They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead (A unit) FA and cabless booster (B unit) FB models were built.

The Alco FA2's were WM's only non-EMD cab units. They were delivered in January of 1951 and were rated at 1500 hp. WM had four of these units, #301-304. They saw service mostly around Hagerstown, and finished their careers on the WM serving as helper units pulling freights into Hagerstown from both the east and west. 304 was the only unit that ...

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Western Maryland ALCO FA-2 #303 leads The Star westbound at VN.