The ALCO FA is a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959.

Dec 21, 2024 · The Alco FA was intended to be the builder's answer to Electro-Motive's ever popular FT and subsequent models. The design was the road freight model of Alco's passenger service PA.

Jan 9, 2024 · In 1946, ALCO (in partnership with General Electric) introduced a series of locomotive models equipped with their new 244-series engine aimed at three primary markets: A freight cab unit (the FA-1); a passenger cab unit (the PA-1); and a road switcher (the RS-2).

The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959.

Locomotive Cyclopedia 1950-1952 by Simmons-Boardman Pub.

The second generation FA/FPA design was also revised several times during its six-years in the Alco catalogue between October 1950 (Erie 736A) and June 1956 (L&N 211). There are three accepted railfan “phase” designations, as follows:

The FA would compete head-on with the immensely popular F units of EMD. Although the FA lost the battle with the F unit, it was much more successful than the PA in terms of sales. The FA would, like the PA, go down in history as one of the most handsome diesel locomotives ever built.

Oct 24, 2019 · Exx-LIRR #600, ex-PC #1302, nee NYC #1102, b/n 79301 10/1951. #1102 hauled freight for the Central and was the last FA to be serviced at the NYC shops in Collinwood, Ohio before the Penn Central merger.

Oct 23, 2020 · A half-century after most of the remaining Alco FA locomotives in the United States were transformed into Head End Power control cabs on the Long Island Rail Road, one of the survivors is making news after being restored to operation in the Garden State.

The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New York, between January 1946 and May 1959. They were of a cab unit design, and both cab-equipped lead (A unit) FA and cabless booster (B unit) FB models were built.