As of March 2020, the only C636 in existence is in operation on the Delaware-Lackawanna Railroad of Scranton, PA. The two former Cartier, ex-Alco demonstrator units stored on the …

Dec 23, 2024 · The C636 began production in 1967 just a little over one year before the company would outshop its last locomotive. The most powerful standard model diesel Alco ever built, …

The C636 was launched in 1967 in response to the introduction of the EMD SD45, which offered more power than anything in production at the time. The C636 was powered by a 3,600 …

Way back in the August 1976 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman there was an article and drawings for a proposed (but never built) Alco C636F diesel for the Santa Fe. Santa Fe …

Still, it would appear that Alco developed the C636 with high hopes and even maybe with the SP in mind. It even looks like the demonstrators were built to have a "full SP light package" installed.

Jan 13, 2015 · – Two former Alco C636 demonstrators are in the process of being scrapped in Cohocton. The units were former Alco demonstrators C636-2 and C636-3. After they finished …

ALCO CENTURY C636 DIESEL-ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE The ALCo Century 636 was the most powerful single-engine diesel-electric locomotive constructed by the American Locomotive …

Between 1967 and 1968, 34 C636 locomotives were built by Alco in Schenectady, New York. Despite many new and innovative features, the C636 could not hold its own in the marketplace.

The C636P and C636F would have been cowled (full-width enclosed carbody) units based on the C636. The C636P was a dual service design, and the C636F was Alco's response to a request …

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