ALCO RS-2

what is it?

The ALCO RS-2 is a 1,500–1,600 horsepower (1,100–1,200 kW) B-B diesel-electric locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) from 1946 to 1950. ALCO introduced the model after World War II as an improvement on the ALCO RS-1. Between 1946 and 1950, 377 examples of the RS-2 were built, primarily for American and Canadian customers.

base stats

• power 1.2 MWpower output
• weight 113 tin working order
• built 377made in total

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 80 years ago, in 1946.
• 🚗1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
• 🐘Weighs about as much as 19 African elephants (~6 t each).
• 📏17.1 m long: about 4 cars parked nose to tail.

diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).

spec sheet

built

1946–1950

number built

377

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

builders

American Locomotive Company, Montreal Locomotive Works

top speed

—

power

1.2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

B-B

length

17.1 m

weight

113 t

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.