The ALCO FA is a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New …

2024年12月21日 · The FA, sporting a beefier carbody than EMD's ubiquitous designs, was introduced in 1946 and initially offered 1,500 horsepower with a B-B wheel arrangement. Alco …

Alco FA1 / FB1, Class AF15. The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric …

These units started with the 1500 hp FA-1 and went up to the 1600hp FA-2 units. In an article from Railroad Magazine send by Matt Klemchalk, the Erie diesel freight were given …

The FA would compete head-on with the immensely popular F units of EMD. Although the FA lost the battle with the F unit, it was much more successful than the PA in terms of sales. The FA …

2007年12月11日 · According to Frisco Diesel Power by Louis A. Marre and John Baskin Harper, Alco FA-1 SLSF 5215 was shipped to the Frisco on December 30, 1948 and was received on …

2025年2月5日 · Designed to compete with EMD's FT four axel freight locomotive, the FA-1 contained many of the same design elements but used a new 12-cylinder 244 engine. With its …

This is a postwar Lionel EMD NW2 or Alco FA1 diesel switcher locomotive complete geared power with operating coil coupler. It’s complete and works. The front coil coupler does sorta …

Most if not all of the Frisco FA's at this point in time had EMD engines in them as distinguished by the spark arrestors on the cab roof. Great photo of a solid yellow and black cab unit consist! …

It was the locomotive's mechanical qualities (the ALCO 244 V-12 prime mover) and newer locomotive models from both General Motors Electro-Motive Division (EMD) and General …