Do you love Alco’s/MLW locomotives ? Do you run nothing but Alco’s on your layout ? Mostly Alco’s ?
Currently working on a T6 for my scrap yard. Gotta firgure out how to post photos to the forum.
Please Post your Alco/MLW photos & builds with the rest of us ALCOholics.
Alco made some really nice locomotives. LIRR was a big Alco customer.
but… They don’t make subway cars so they are scarce on the layout of LION.
ROAR
Gonna have to reasearch their old roster. Yeah,those smoky behemoths wouldn’t fair well in subways nor would crew & passengers or the rats for that matter.
If you model SP&S, you’ll have Alcos on your layout, whether you love them or not.
I do. And I do.
Ed
The only Alco units I have are me PA/PB set. This is only because I think they are more attractive than the EMD E Units.
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I might add an RS1, 2, or 3 at some point.
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My diesel roster is 80% EMD. 80% of the EMD locomotives are F units.
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-Kevin
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I like Alcos from standard…
to narrowgauge.
Out of the some 35 locomotives that I own, I have one Alco S2, one RS3 and a an A-B-A set of PA’s-PB. Although I am partial to EMD equipment, I own several GE 2nd generation diesels as well.
My Detroit Southern has several Century 430s on the roster. Here are a pair on an eastbound ready to depart Chicago Yard. Click on the image for a non squished view.
[8D]Big boys [8D]
Yeah, the Big Boys are Alco’s finest.
Also, dieselwise, the Green Bay and Western was all-Alco, which is one of the reasons they’re awesome.
I have a few Alco (HH660s, S1, S3, RS3s) but also some Baldwin (VO-660, VO-1000), EMD (SW1s, SW7, NW2, FTs, F3s), and FM (H10-44s, H16-44, H20-44) diesels. Of all the early diesels, I do think I enjoy the Alcos the most.
Tom
Although not exclusively, I have plenty of Alcos on my roster.
Old, new, big or small.
Even a demonstrator or two…
IMG_5491_fix by Edmund, on Flickr
Thank You, Ed
I never could decide whether I found PA’s or E’s more attractive. I gave up trying, and love them both.
Ed
I have more RS-3’s than any other model loco, as did the prototype. ANd some S-1’s and S-2’s, and a couple of FA-FB sets. But I don’t have ALL Alcos.
–Randy
I wish the Espee painted some PAs up in the Black Widow scheme…
I might do that someday…
Alco RSC-3, Milwaukee Road #972
I was looking for a matching GP-9 when I came across this engine, and I had to have it. It’s a Proto 1000. It ended up with a Soundtraxx decoder, I think. It was my first sound installation, and still one of my favorites.
The RSC-3 has six axles to spread the load. It was bought for branch line service over lighter-duty rail.
2 C430’s, and 3 C425’s.
Also a FA A-B-A set.
And yes, I love Alco’s.
I love the c415. And the sound is so unique. but i have none on the layout. I do have an s2, (2) RS1. (2)RS3. (2) RSD 15. RS4/5. RS27 bunch of EMDs as well
Since your freelanced road includes the Souther Pacific, why not?
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I believe a Black Widow PA-1 would be very handsome.
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-Kevin
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Ahh — Mr. Lion, MLW made 36 subway cars for TTC. [Toronto Transit Commission]
Jim
