The EMD F3 is a 1,500-horsepower (1,100 kW) B-B freight- and passenger-hauling carbody diesel locomotive produced between July 1945 and February 1949 by General Motors’ Electro …

Alco built 23 A1A-A1A trucked FCA-3s for Pakistan Railways in 1951 and 1953. These were the equivalent of an FPA-2 riding on A1A trucks. ALCO's "World Locomotive", the DL500 …

The F3 is a 1,500-horsepower locomotive and designed to haul both freight and passenger trains. In early 1949, the F3 locomotive was replaced with an upgraded F7 locomotive. The Lionel F3 …

2025年1月20日 · Union Pacific selected the EMD F3 and the Alco FA/FB locomotive with which to dieselize its freight operations between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles. Each was the most …

2025年2月20日 · The F3 was offered with eight different gearing ratios, ranging from 56:21 for passenger service (top speed of 102 mph while offering 21,000 pounds of continuous tractive …

The ALCO conglomerate designed, built and sold three major types of locomotives during the 20th century: steam, diesel and diesel-electric. Interestingly, ALCO became defunct in 1969 -- …

The most common locomotives utilized were the ALCO PA's (occasionally mixed with EMD "B" units), EMD F3's, F7's and F9's. This variety of power would even see freight locomotives …

2006年5月9日 · Both engines out pulled our benchmark F3, with each measuring 2 pounds, 8 ounces, equal to approximately 120 modern, free-rolling pieces of rolling stock. Both of these …

2023年4月6日 · The original Alco PA (the P stood for Passenger and A referred to the unit having a cab) was built right after World War II in 1946 and was rated at 2,000 horsepower (later …

After revision of assigned tonnage ratings failed to solve the problem, the Reading began operating the F3s (and the Alco FAs) as three-unit sets with lower tonnage ratings. This …