Let's start with diesels. For end-cab switchers, the MR&T locomotive fleet might include units like the Alco S1 through S4 and Electro-Motive Division (EMD) NW2, SW1, and SW7. For road power ...

The addition of the historic ALCO locomotives (one FPA-4 and one FPB-4) brings the railroad’s total number of locomotives to five, according to a news release. “We are thrilled to welcome ...

the last surviving Union Pacific 800-class passenger locomotive built by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) during World War II. This locomotive was designed to carry 26 passenger cars at speeds ...

In the 1950s, Union Pacific unleashed a fleet of turbine-powered locomotives that would become icons of American freight. Partnering with General Electric and ALCO, they built machines capable of ...

Schenectady’s Bernie Dezalia went to work at Alco in 1944 after getting out of the U.S. Army and remembers the Big Boy series fondly. “They were longer than a regular locomotive and had extra ...

At first glance, it's like any other train that's been decommissioned, but this locomotive is, in fact, an important piece of American rail transportation. Because you're looking at a 1950s ALCO RS-3.

An iconic diesel locomotive made its return to Scranton Friday. The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) PA Passenger locomotive known as the Nickel Plate (NKP) 190 has spent the past month on the ...

Through extensive historical research & interviews with former ALCO employees & their families, we bring to life the rich visual history of the company & people who built original locomotives ...

It tells the story of Dunkirk’s Brooks Locomotive Works and American Locomotive Company (ALCO)/Brooks Works, but recounts the early history of steam locomotives. The exhibition features original and ...