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2. List of ALCO diesel locomotive classes - Wikipedia

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   The American Locomotive Company (ALCO), based in Schenectady, New York, United States produced a wide range of diesel-electric locomotives from its opening in 1901 until it ceased manufacture in 1969. This is a list of ALCO locomotive classes. For individually notable locomotives, please see List of locomotives.

3. ALCO PA - Wikipedia

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   The ALCO PA was a family of A1A-A1A diesel locomotives built to haul passenger trains. The locomotives were built in Schenectady, New York, in the United States, by a partnership of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) between June, 1946 and December, 1953. Designed by General Electric's Ray Patten (along with their ...

4. ALCO Century 636 - Wikipedia

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   The ALCo Century 636 was the most powerful single-engine diesel-electric locomotive constructed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCo). It used their 251 prime mover. The locomotive had a C-C wheel arrangement and 3,600 horsepower (2,700 kW). The locomotive rode on a pair of trucks of all-new design, known as the Hi-Ad, standing for 'high ...

5. Railway air brake - Wikipedia

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   A railway air brake is a railway brake power braking system with compressed air as the operating medium. [ 1] Modern trains rely upon a fail-safe air brake system that is based upon a design patented by George Westinghouse on April 13, 1869. [ 2] The Westinghouse Air Brake Company was subsequently organized to manufacture and sell Westinghouse ...

6. If you can't stay indoors during this U.S. heat wave, here ...

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   The temperature was already above 80 degrees and rising. The work of maintaining the public water supply in a heat wave is crucial. But it needs to be done as safely as possible. That means ...

7. ALCO S-2 and S-4 - Wikipedia

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   Powered by turbocharged, 6-cylinder ALCO 539 diesel engines, the two locomotives differed mainly in their trucks: the S-2 had ALCO "Blunt" trucks; the S-4, AAR type A switcher trucks. A total of 1,502 S-2s were built from August 1940 to June 1950; 797 S-4s were built from June 1949 to August 1957. The S-4 was first produced in Canada, with ALCO ...