Alco Locomotives

Backshop

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Posted by Backshop on Thursday, April 14, 2022 2:36 PM

Demo 1606 was bought by the Santa Fe.

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rixflix

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Posted by rixflix on Thursday, April 14, 2022 12:20 PM

Judging by the Milwaukee Erie-built in the photo and that the road rostered six of the Alco RSD5 model, they might have bought this one and hadn't painted it yet.

Rick

rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.

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Paul of Covington

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Posted by Paul of Covington on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 8:45 PM

What's with all that steam?

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rixflix

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Posted by rixflix on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 8:03 PM

A premonition? "Down-doobee-do-down-down, breaking up is hard to do". But there's your factory paint.

Rick

rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.

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Overmod

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Posted by Overmod on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 7:05 PM

rixflix
Might be a combined Alco-GE logo on the cab side. Looks like the Alco script over GE round logos. Demonstrating?

That's exactly what is there... but I'm used to seeing the Alco script and GE logo overlapping. Here they are very separate. I suspect this would help date this.

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rixflix

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Posted by rixflix on Wednesday, April 13, 2022 1:27 PM

Might be a combined Alco-GE logo on the cab side. Looks like the Alco script over GE round logos. Demonstrating?

Rick

rixflix aka Captain Video. Blessed be Jean Shepherd and all His works!!! Hooray for 1939, the all time movie year!!! I took that ride on the Reading but my Baby caught the Katy and left me a mule to ride.