5050 x 3360 px | 42,8 x 28,4 cm | 16,8 x 11,2 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
10. August 2009
Ort:
The Northwest Railway Museum, 38625 SE King Street, Snoqualmie, Washington.
Weitere Informationen:
Image of an ALCO Diesel Electric Locomotive on display at the Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie. The Northwest Railway Museum is in the town of Snoqualmie, Washington, about 35 miles east of Seattle in the western foothills of the Cascade Range. The American Locomotive Company (ALCO) produced a wide range of diesel-electric locomotives until it ceased manufacture in 1969. RS-2 diesel-electric locomotives began replacing the coal-fired "90-series" Alco steam Consolidations beginning in late 1948 and continuing through early 1950. They were numbered sequentially from 101 through 107. A single RSD-4, No. 201 was delivered in 1951. In addition, six GE 70-ton, 490hp switchers (No.'s 61-66) were acquired in September 1949 for use in the pit and switching at Copper Flat. The ALCO RS-2 is a 1, 500 horsepower (1, 100 kW), B-B road switcher railroad locomotive. It was manufactured by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) from October 1946 to May 1950, and 383 were produced — 374 by the American Locomotive Company, and 9 by Montreal Locomotive Works in Canada. Eight of the ALCO RS-2s were exported to Canada and another five were exported to Algeria. The RS-2 has a single, 12 cylinder, model 244 engine, developing 1, 500 horsepower (1, 100 kW). Thirty-one locomotives built by Alco between February and May 1950 had 1, 600 horsepower (1, 200 kW) engines. ALCO built the RS-2 to compete with EMD, Fairbanks-Morse, and Baldwin Locomotive Works. In 1947, Fairbanks-Morse introduced the 1, 500 hp (1.2 MW) H-15-44. Also in that year, Baldwin introduced the 1, 500 hp (1.125 MW) DRS-4-4-1500. In the case of ALCO, Fairbanks-Morse, and Baldwin, each company increased the power of an existing locomotive line from 1, 500 to 1, 600 hp (1.125 to 1.2 MW), and added more improvements to create new locomotive lines.
