Montreal proposed RS19 RS21 and RS28 locomotives. What was the horsepower of these locomotives. Gary
First I've ever heard of any of those designations.
Could they have formed the basis for some of the export designs that MLW actually did build?
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These locomotives were proposed for Canadian railroads. Gary
IA and eastern Montreal proposed RS19 RS21 and RS28 locomotives. What was the horsepower of these locomotives. Gary
First I've ever heard of such. Where did you find those names? To me it sounds like a model railroader was kitbashing to create imaginary models.
John
IA and easternThese locomotives were proposed for Canadian railroads.
Only MLW records would make sense of a designation like RS21, which if the RS23 is a guide is a model sequence number, saying nothing about details.
These MLW-only model designations are mentioned on Rolf Stumpf's AlcoWorld page with no specifics provided.
Attempting to decipher the RS-series model numbering does not appear easy to me, a couple of them appear to have been chosen to reflect the unit's horsepower rating (RSC-14, RS-18), while the rest would appear to have been sequentially numbered one after the other, and if that is indeed the case then a bunch of numbers were skipped or never produced.
As for the locomotive's appearance, your guess is as good as mine. While most RS units were roadswitchers with both short and long hoods the RS-23 had the appearance of an S-series end cab unit, and the rebuilt ugly RSC-24 somehow managed to be in between those two body types.
It took a little work but here might be a clue to help this along: there is a design-number correspondence:
RS19 is DL831
RS21 is DL810
RS28 is DL818
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