ALCO RS-1




ALCO RS-1

DSSA RS-1 (cropped).jpg

DSSA #101 of the Lake Superior Railroad Museum poses for a photograph near French River, Minnesota.











Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
Builder
American Locomotive Company
Montreal Locomotive Works
ModelRS-1
Build dateMarch 1941 – March 1960
Total produced469












































Specifications
Configuration:
 • AAR
B-B
Gauge
4 ft 8 12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm), Brazil
TrucksAAR type B
Wheel diameter40 in (1,016 mm)
Minimum curve
57° (116.14 ft or 35.40 m)
Wheelbase40 ft 5 in (12.32 m)
Length55 ft 5 34 in (16.91 m)
Width10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Height14 ft 5 in (4.39 m)
Loco weight247,500 lb (112,300 kg)
Fuel capacity1,000 US gal (3,800 L; 830 imp gal)
Prime moverALCO 539T
Engine type
In line Four stroke diesel
AspirationTurbocharger
Displacement1,595 cu in (26.14 l) per cylinder
9,572 cu in (156.86 l) total
GeneratorGE GT-553-C DC generator
Traction motors(4) GE 731 DC traction motors
Cylinders6
Cylinder size
12 12 in × 13 in (318 mm × 330 mm)
Loco brakeIndependent air
Train brakesAir






Performance figures
Maximum speed65 mph (105 km/h)
Power output1,000 hp (746 kW)
Tractive effort40,425 lbf (179.82 kN)


Career
Locale
North America, Brazil, Saudi Arabia

The ALCO RS-1 was a 4-axle road switcher diesel-electric locomotive built by Alco-GE between 1941 and 1953 and the American Locomotive Company from 1953 to 1960. The Montreal Locomotive Works built three RS-1s in 1954. This model has the distinction of having the longest production run of any diesel locomotive for the North American market. The RS-1 was in production for 19 years from the first unit Rock Island #748 in March 1941 to the last unit National of Mexico #5663 in March 1960.


The hood unit configuration of the RS-1 pioneered the road switcher type of diesel locomotive, beginning the move away from the carbody units which were the standard design for road diesel locomotives before then. Most North American locomotives built since have followed this basic design. In 1940, the Rock Island Railroad approached ALCO about building a locomotive for both road and switching service.[1]


The first thirteen production locomotives were requisitioned by the US Army, the five railroads affected had to wait while replacements were manufactured. The requisitioned RS-1s were remanufactured by ALCO into six axle RSD-1s for use on the Trans-Iranian Railway to supply the Soviet Union during World War Two.




Contents





  • 1 Original Owners

    • 1.1 First Thirteen


    • 1.2 Remainder of production



  • 2 Preservation


  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Original Owners



First Thirteen






























RailroadQuantityRoad numbersNotes
Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad3901–903to US Army 8010–8012

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road")
21678–1679to US Army 8002–8003
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad4746–749to US Army 8004, 8007, 8005, 8006; 748 first RS-1 built in 3/41
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad2231, 233to US Army 8000–8001
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company2601–602to US Army 8008–8009
Total13


Remainder of production














































































































































































































RailroadQuantityRoad NumbersNotes
Akron, Canton and Youngstown Railroad1D-2
Alabama, Tennessee and Northern Railway11101–111To SLSF 101-111
Alaska Railroad21000–1001

1000 at The Museum of Alaska Transportation and Industry


Alton Railroad1050–59
Ann Arbor Railroad220–21
  • #20 Owned By Southern Michigan Railroad Society, on loan to Shepherd, MI Railroad Depot Museum and Display

  • #21 Owned By Southern Michigan Railroad Society

Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway62385–2388, 2394–23952385–2388 renumbered 2396–2399
Atlanta and St. Andrews Bay Railroad10904–913
  • 904 is on display at Bay Line Railroad Headquarters.

  • 905 Owned By Maryland and Delaware Railroad 22, Currently By Arkansas and Missouri Railroad 22

  • 907 Owned By Conrad Yelvington Distributors 303

  • 909 Owned By Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad 3, then Conrad Yelvington Distributors 3, Currently Conrad Yelvington Distributors 275

  • 911 Owned By Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad 118, Currently Conrad Yelvington Distributors 294

  • 913 Owned By Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum H and S Railroad 913, Current owner uncertain

Atlantic and East Carolina Railway1500
Bamberger Railroad1570to Union Pacific 1270
Central Railroad of New Jersey61200–1205
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway25114–5115
  • 5114 last numbered Baltimore & Ohio 9185

  • 5115 last numbered Baltimore & Ohio 9186

Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railway4115–118
Chicago and North Western Railway61066–1069, 1080–1081
Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad12252–263

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad ("Milwaukee Road")
51676, 1677, 961–963
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad11735–745
Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway8100–107to Soo Line Railroad
  • 103 Owned By Algers, Winslow and Western Railway

  • 104 Owned By Algers, Winslow and Western Railway

DuPont4105–108
Gaylord Container2302–303
GE-Atomic Energy Commission439-3729 – 39-3732
Genesee and Wyoming Railroad225, 30

25 was Bay Colony Railroad 1064 Current owner unknown


Grand Trunk Western Railroad21950–1951Last RS-1s built for US Railroad 11/1957
Great Northern Railway4182–185182 at West Coast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish, BC
Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Railroad241102–1117, 1120–1127
Illinois Terminal Railroad6750–752, 754–756
Kansas City Southern Railway41110–1113
Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad220–21
Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad31001–1003
Long Island Rail Road9461–469
Midland Continental Railroad2401–402
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway35variousrenumbered 200–234
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México645606–5663, (5619–5624 twice)5619–5621 (first) built by Montreal Locomotive Works. NdeM 5663 was the last RS-1 built 3/1960.
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad120660–0671
New York Central Railroad148100–8113renumbered 9900–9913
New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway16230–256 (even numbers only), 231 and 233 (second)
Northern Pacific Railway4155–158renumbered 800–803
  • 157,802 Last numbered Burlington Northern 952

  • 158,803 Last numbered Burlington Northern 953

Pennsylvania Railroad275619–5640, 5906, 8485–8486, 8857–8858
Rutland Railroad6400–405400 Owned By Maryland and Delaware Railroad 22, Currently Arkansas and Missouri Railroad 22. 405 now on the Green Mountain Railroad.

Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad ("Soo Line")
4350–353
Soo Line (Wisconsin Central Railway)92360–2368
Spokane International Railroad12200–211
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway250–51
Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway (Oregon Electric Railway)452–55
Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company3602–604
United States Navy16renumbered 65-00078
Washington Terminal Company2540–64


Locomotive ALCO RS1 292 CYXX - Conrad Yelvington Distributors in Orlando-FL


  • 46 Owned By Amtrak 46, Currently Massachusetts Central Railroad 46

  • 47 Owned By Amtrak 47, Currently Tioga Central Railroad 47 out of service needs friction bearings

  • 52 Owned By Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad 57, then Conrad Yelvington Distributors 97, Currently Conrad Yelvington Distributors 292

  • 54 Owned By Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad 38, Currently Conrad Yelvington Distributors 293

  • 57 Owned By Black River and Western Railroad 57, then East Penn Railways 57, Currently East Penn Railroad 57

  • 59 Owned by Essar Steel Algoma 59, Currently Southern Railroad of New Jersey 59


Arabian American Oil Company (Saudi Arabia)
6A11x50, A11x51, 1002–1005
Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil383100–3137
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)

São Paulo Railway, (Brazil)
6504–509
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm) to Estrada de Ferro Santos a Jundiaí

Estrada de Ferro Santos a Jundiaí (Brazil)
2510–511
5 ft 3 in (1,600 mm)


Preservation




Green Mountain Railroad (formally Rutland Railway) Alco RS1 #405 in Bellows Falls, Vermont in August 2006.


Several examples exist at tourist railways and railway museums, including:


  • Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad's RS-1 purchased in 1951 by the Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad as #1002, sold to the Calumet & Hecla Railroad in 1967 as #205. Later purchased by Continental Grain Company, Marshalltown, IA circa 1975. Donated to the Iowa Railroad Historical Society, Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad in 1996, painted and lettered as Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway #244.

  • Consumers Power (CPOX) 401 1951 built RS-1 #79350 former Rutland 401 spent her final years of service switching coal cars at Consumers Energy's Essexville, MI power plant on the Saginaw River the unit is now at the Saginaw Railway Museum.

  • Grand Trunk Western 1951 (last domestic RS-1 produced serial number 82356) at the Illinois Railway Museum

  • Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 745 (believed to be the oldest existing RS-1, and one of the replacements for the 13 taken by the U.S. Army) at the Louisiana Steam Train Association yard in Jefferson, LA

  • Eastman Kodak Company 9 (built as Chicago & Western Indiana 260, sold to Genesee & Wyoming in 1971 and then to EKC) is preserved at the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum.


  • Green Mountain Railroad 405 (former Rutland Railway 405, serial number 79575)


  • Catskill Mountain Railroad #400 (out of service & under repair) and #401 (operating) tourist train in Kingston NY.


  • Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway #101, previously the only known locomotive existing from that railroad, is at the Lake Superior Railroad Museum and has been restored for occasional use on the North Shore Scenic Railroad.


  • Algers, Winslow and Western Railway #4 - Built as Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railway #103, it is currently in service on the French Lick Scenic Railway, a line operated by the Indiana Railway Museum[2]


  • Ann Arbor Railroad #20 is owned by the Southern Michigan Railroad Society in Clinton, MI and on loan to Shepherd, MI Railroad Depot Museum and Display


  • Ann Arbor Railroad #21 is owned by the Southern Michigan Railroad Society in Clinton, MI. #21 is set to undergo cosmetic and operational repairs and a return to operational status by the end of 2015.


  • Soo Line 350 survives on display at the Whippany Railway Museum in New Jersey as Morristown & Erie 21.

  • Former Washington Terminal 57 is privately owned and in storage on the East Penn Railroad at Quakertown, Pennsylvania.


  • Great Northern 182 is on display at the West Coast Railway Heritage Park in Squamish, British Columbia.

  • Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 743 is on display at the Oklahoma Railway Museum in Oklahoma City, OK.


See also


  • List of ALCO diesel locomotives

  • List of MLW diesel locomotives


References




  1. ^ Otte, David (October 2003). "THE ATLAS O RS-1 DIESEL ELECTRIC". Model Railroad News. Lamplight Publishing Co. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 20 October 2016..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em


  2. ^ http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locopicture.aspx?id=112470




  • Dorin, Patrick C. (1972). Chicago and North Western Power. Burbank, California: Superior Publishing. p. 138. ISBN 0-87564-715-4.

  • Alco RS1 Study-Part I The Original Road Switcher by Don Dover Extra 2200 South Issue #57 Jul-Sep 1976 pp. 18–24.

  • Alco RS1 Study-Part II The Original Road Switcher by Don Dover Extra 2200 South Issue #58 Oct-Dec 1976 pp. 18–21.

  • Alco RS1 Roster Part 1 by Bob Carman and Joe Brockmeyer Extra 2200 South Issue #58 Oct-Dec 1976 pp. 22–23.

  • Alco RS1 Study-Part III The Original Road Switcher by Don Dover Extra 2200 South Issue #59 Jan-Mar 1977 pp. 24–26.


External links


Diesel Shop roster with all data from Extra 2200 South http://www.thedieselshop.us/Alco_RS1.HTML












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