Oct 2, 2023 · Did MP ever use Alco PA's in freight service as the number of passenger trains declined ? Were there other RR's that did put them in freight service ? Thanks.

It's been a year or better since I saw a website depicting the progress of Doyle McCormack's restoration of his ex-ATSF/D&H/Mexican PA. Looked like progress was well under way. Complete rewiring, replacement of the older, less reliable 539 primer mover with a 251 and main generator of of a Ca

An interesting discussion came up under the SP PA thread. Which locomotive was better at keeping a heavy passenger train moving at speed. I suggest the PA due to their superior GE traction motors and main generator which gave them a higher tractive effort the the E units. Anyone wish to comment?

I have two of subject diesels to assemble from the kits (they are in Erie RR colors). What is best sound decoder and speaker combination for those diesels. Thank you, John

Oct 4, 2023 · The PA’s engines were the first to break the 2000 HP range and featured turbo-charging. Initial reliability issues with the engine caused the Nickel Plate to return them for RS-36 units when the lease was up. The original NKP 190 was scrapped soon after. (about 1962?) The highest numbered Nickel Plate Road Alco PA-1 was No. 190.

Did they exist? No, and I think most Alco fans realize this. Only PA/B-1 and PA/B-2 were sold. But can somone give a quick rundown on what the PA/B-3 would have been, if it had been produced? And how did these incorrect model designations become popularized in the railfan and mode

Santa Fe also briefly pressed PA's into freight service in mostly-flat west Texas in 1959-60 due to what Steve Allen Goen described as a " severe motive power shortage " on page 35 of Santa Fe in the Lone Star State, in the caption to a photo of two PA-1's on a freight at Amarillo, TX. John McCall included a photo of two PA-1's on a freight at Lubbock, TX on page 244 of Santa Fe …

May 28, 2017 · The following are some images Ed Von Nordeck, TO user mundo, took on charters of former Ferrocarril Occidental de Mexico 0-6-0 No. 2 on former Ferrocarril Del Pacifico rails between Empalme, Sonora, Mexico and Guaymas just across the bay to the west. When Ed first showed me these s

I've been thinking about the Alco PA today and it occurred to me that besides D&H (and subsequently FNM in Mexico) buying the four ex-ATSF PAs (plus one ex-NH PA for parts) in 1967, I couldn't think of any railroad that purchased PAs secondhand from an entirely different railroad. As far as I c

Anyone know or suggest an appropriate sound file for an ALco PA? Alco 244 V16 Engine. Are they all gone to record? https://en.wi&#