Monday, April 21, 2014

B&O ALCo S2 switcher

 

Unit number 9101 seen in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1960. This model was powered by an ALCo 539 turbocharged, 4-stroke 6-cylinder diesel engine rated at 1,000 hp (746 kW) feeding 2 x GE 731 traction motors on each truck (bogie). The S-2 was built between August 1940 and June 1950, with a total of 1502 completed.

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