Modeling the PRR, I have a few Alcos: an FA-FB-FA trio, a PA-PB duo, an RSD-15, and an S-4 switcher. I also have quite a few EMD's, FM's, and of course, Baldwin sharks. Hard to say which is my favorite, though.
dragonriversteel ...Please Post your Alco/MLW photos & builds with the rest of us ALCOholics.
...Please Post your Alco/MLW photos & builds with the rest of us ALCOholics.
Since I model the B&O in the Cleveland area of the early 1970's, there weren't many Alcos left in active service - except for some S-2's and S-4's which I have, but haven't photographed. But having my own fantasy line allows me to run whatever I want, like these RS3's:
-Ken in Maryland (B&O modeler, former CSX modeler)
Most of my roster is Alco, RS-1,2 and 3's plus I just bought an RS-36. I also belong to the Alco Historical Society
alcofanschdy I also belong to the Alco Historical Society
I also belong to the Alco Historical Society
Wait, that's a thing? Where do I sign up?
--Randy
Modeling the Reading Railroad in the 1950's
Visit my web site at www.readingeastpenn.com for construction updates, DCC Info, and more.
Bayfield Transfer Railway Also, dieselwise, the Green Bay and Western was all-Alco, which is one of the reasons they're awesome.
Also, dieselwise, the Green Bay and Western was all-Alco, which is one of the reasons they're awesome.
Most of the GB&W's diesel roster has been produce at some point in HO. I have a few of them.
BroadwayLion Alco made some really nice locomotives. LIRR was a big Alco customer...
Alco made some really nice locomotives. LIRR was a big Alco customer...
Funny you should mention that. I was just looking through some keepsakes and found an 8x10 B&W of my father-in-law walking through a yard with lots of Century locos around him. It was probably taken in the early 1960s. He was a manager in the Morris Park locomotive shop, so all those Alcos were his babies.
Unfortunately, the only Alcos on my layout are a PA-PB, a Niagara, and display models of a Hudson and a Big Boy.
Genesee Terminal, freelanced HO in Upstate NY ...hosting Loon Bay Transit Authority and CSX Intermodal. Interchange with CSX (CR)(NYC).
CP/D&H, N scale, somewhere on the Canadian Shield