RAREST ALCO LOCOMOTIVES
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
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The American Locomotive Company (often shortened to ALCO or Alco) was an American manufacturer that operated from 1901 to 1969, initially specializing in the production of locomotives but later diversifying and fabricating at various times diesel generators, automobiles, steel, tanks, munitions, oil-production equipment, as well as heat exchangers for nuclear power plants.
The (LAL) Railroad has a rare Alco Hi-Hood C-420 one of only a few built!
The Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad has a roster made up of all rare ALCO locomotives! Next year 2024 they will replace all these Classic Diesels with newer power and these ALCO's" will be silenced forever on this line!
The LA&L rosters two S-1s (#4 and 5), one C-420 (#420), seven C-424s (#421, 422, 423, 424, 426, 427, 428), four of which are of the C-424m rebuilt variant, one C-425 (#425), four C-430s (#430, 431, 432, 433), one C-630 (#630), one M-630 (#631), and an RS-36 (#418). Several of the locomotives are lettered for LA&L subsidiaries Bath & Hammondsport or Western New York & Pennsylvania.
The Livonia, Avon and Lakeville Railroad (reporting mark LAL) is a short line railroad that operates in Livingston County and Monroe County in New York, United States. The railroad interchanges with Rochester Southern and Brooks Ave Yard and the CSX at Genesee Junction in Chili, New York. Their primary freight consists of food products: grains and corn syrup.
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We have an Alco C415 mostly abandoned behind our factory. It is one of twenty six made.
Where is it located?
@@RetiredEE Quincy Illinois
What condition is it in, roughly speaking?
@zackbobby5550 . It's still fair, and I e-mailed them to ask about it. They said it had been sold for spare parts
15 years ago. No one has been around it for the last couple years.
Well find a museum to get it off your hands
My local railroad, the Maryland Delaware Railroad runs Alco rs3's. But they have recently been bought and will not be carrying the Alcos over. 😢 Love those engines!
WE used to have vast unumbers of low-powered Alco units driving around on every train type you can imagine - NSWGR Class 48. You would sometimes see them lashed up with higher power alco units, and even in the same train as the then-new EMD based 81 class, but they are a rare breed indded now. Saw one in the wild a few years ago, but nothing since!
Wow, them were the days! Alco's are great road locomotives to watch as railfans and they are historical!
they are still used a lot. they often drag trains on the lighter lines where no others can go. then they are swapped out for more powerful locos that finish the journey on mainlines taking the goods to major cities.
Thank you so for that Charles Smiley! Sad to see history pass so..😢🚂( hope one or both is preserved in running condition!)
Glad you enjoyed this video and thanks for your support!
Nicely filmed. It’s a shame there are no gradients, it would have been nice to hear that mighty Alco throb. (I think India is the only place left to hear that now, and even their old Alcos are fast disappearing.)
Does the railroad plan to save or sell the alcos to other railrads or museums?
I think they are planning on selling them in 2025!
Ow yes
Old Alcos putting out charcoal briquets at startup would have a tough time meeting Tier 4 emissions standard today.
We agree for sure! There are still some around "Smoking with Charcoal" on a surprising number of US Shortlines and Canadian Roads!
The horn on 428 is pathetic - doesn't seem loud enough to provide adequate warning at road crossings.
It could use some help for sure!