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Owner: Chesapeake & Ohio
Model:Alco RSD7Built As:Builder Info (Unavailable )
Serial Number:81911Order No:
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Notes:C&O Class RSD7.
Other locos with this serial:  CO 6810(RSD7)
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"The Story Of Alco," Page 50, 1965
Title:  "The Story Of Alco," Page 50, 1965
Description:  Here is page 11 of a 14-page article by Jerry A. Pinkepank entitled "How To Survive In The Diesel Biz: The Story Of Alco ~ The Durable Competitor." It was published originally in the December 1965 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 50. Top-Left Photo Caption: "The competition gets into the act as Alco [RS27] leads a GE U25B and an EMD GP9 past a Pennsy position-light signal." Photo by Louis A. Marre. Prominent here is Pennsylvania Railroad engine #2412, an AF-24 built by Alco in October of 1962 and rated at 2,400 horsepower.
Photo Date:  12/1/1965  Upload Date: 10/2/2023 9:55:11 AM
Location:  Alton, OH
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
Categories:  Signal
Locomotives:  PRR 2412(RS27) CO 6810(RSD7)
Views:  79   Comments: 0
"The Story Of Alco," Page 51, 1965
Title:  "The Story Of Alco," Page 51, 1965
Description:  Here is page 12 of a 14-page article by Jerry A. Pinkepank entitled "How To Survive In The Diesel Biz: The Story Of Alco ~ The Durable Competitor." It was published originally in the December 1965 issue of "Trains" magazine, page 51. Top Photo, Partial Caption: "Alco fashioned a new notched-nose hood for its 1800 h.p. 251-series V-12 engine in 1956 and produced it as the [RS11] B-B (of which NKP 859 is an example) and the [RSD7] C-C." Photo by Louis E. Marre.
Photo Date:  12/1/1965  Upload Date: 10/2/2023 9:55:49 AM
Location:  Schenectady, NY
Author:  Thomas C. Ayers
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Locomotives:  NKP 859(RS11) CO 6810(RSD7)
Views:  56   Comments: 0


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