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ALCO 300
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1931· American model of rail locomotive
what is it?
The ALCO 300 was an early diesel–electric switcher locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York between 1931 and 1938. Following purchase of the engine manufacturer McIntosh & Seymour in 1929, ALCO built a 300 horsepower (220 kW) box cab locomotive. This was the #300, an ALCO demonstrator.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 95 years ago, in 1931.
- Served for 7 years (1931–1938).
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1931–1938
- in service from
- 1931
- retired
- 1938
- status
- retired
- number built
- 11
- kind
- Diesel–electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- Lehigh Valley Railroad, United States Navy, United Fruit Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- 224 kW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4652260, Wikipedia: ALCO 300 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.