A few more Santa Fe PA photos:
A-A-B-A over Raton Pass…
A-B-A with RSD5 Helpers over Raton Pass…
A-A-B-B at Kansas City Union Station…
A-B-A in Chicago Dearborn Station fresh off the showroom floor…
A-B-B-A at Merced, CA…
A-A notching out of the Big Windy in wintertime…
A-B-B-A at Streator, IL…
Alco FA-'s are still being operated on the Grand Canyon Railroad, although not exclusively, between the steam power and the F-40’s. The Napa Valley Wine Train also operates FA-'s that I believe have been converted to operate on compressed natural gas.
agreed, I always thought that was the case also EMD=2 stroke vs Alco=4 stroke
oh yeah, forgot about the Cuyahoga Valley in my own home state…running FA-'s
“ALCo” was the “American Locomotive Company”. “ALCoa” is an aluminum manufacturing company (Aluminum Company of America, iinm). So, the proper plural of “ALCo” is “ALCos” Blue Streak gets a Blue Smudge on this one. 
Great photos!
In the third picture, what type of car is the first car behind the locomotives?
They were seen at times on the NYC going thru Albion, MI on the Det-Chi line.
It’s a rebuilt heavyweight passenger car. With mail containers on it. See the El Capitan picture, which shows two of them
Here’s one without containers, showing the truck detail a bit better:
…And yes, if you want a model, although your dealer might not be able to get it from Walthers, they were made…
Thanks!
I never knew this specific type of car ever existed. I guess I wasn’t paying attention.
The Grand Canyon Railway operates ex Canadian National Alco FPA-4 locomotives equipped with an Alco 251 V-12. Last I knew they were running on Propine instead of diese. The FPA as the passenger equipped version of the freight only version the FA FB.
The Alco 251 engine was the engine that replaced the 244 and is still in production to this day. Fairbanks Morse purchased the right tools and dies for it and can make any part required just have a deep pocketbook. Many ships, power plants still use the Alco 251 today as do a number of short lines Alco diese locomotives have always had a good reputation as a puller and a very economical locomotive with a slightly higher maintenance program required.
Propine? Do you mean propane? Propyne is a gas at temperatures above -9.8 degrees F.
Thanks stand corrected. uess spent too much time in Alcoa, Tn at the various smelters. Post corrected. Still did love those Alco PAs
Here are a few other ALCO locomotives on the Southern…
RS-3 2031 - looks right out of the shop…
RS-3 2141 on what looks to be helper service on a Southern passenger train as the cab road units are behind the first three hood units…
RS-3 in Macon GA with a Central of Georgia number…
RS-3 156…
Not an ALCO, but too good to pass up - the Pelican handoff from an N&W J at Bristol TN-VA…
RS-3 2025…
RS-3 2060 in Atlanta…
RS-3 2132…
RS-3 39…
RS-3 2061 at Charlotte NC…
You know, the ALCO RS-3’s were considered by some to be ugly locomotives, but I kinda like the look of 'em. Can’t tell you why. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
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Here are a few other ALCO locomotives on the Southern…
RS-3 2031 - looks right out of the shop…
RS-3 2141 on what looks to be helper service on a Southern passenger train as the cab road units are behind the first three hood units…
RS-3 in Macon GA with a Central of Georgia number…
RS-3 156…
Not an ALCO, but too good to pass up - the Pelican handoff from an N&W J at Bristol TN-VA…
RS-3 2025…
RS-3 2060 in Atlanta…
RS-3 2132…
RS-3 39…
Most of my RS2/3’s came in maroon, gray and yellow with a few others tossed in. They handled local service on EL, transfers and commuters on RI, and general service on Monon (including the “Thoroughbred”).
Most interesting were the re-powered RS2/3’s on Rock Island (RI 450-454 and 456). They lasted until the demise of the Rock in 1980.