ALCO RS-3

what is it?

The ALCO RS-3 is a 1,600 hp (1.2 MW), B-B diesel-electric locomotive manufactured from May 1950 to August 1956 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and its subsidiary Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW). A total of 1,418 were produced: 1,272 for American railroads, 98 for Canadian railroads, 48 for Brazilian railroads, and 7 for Mexican railroads. The RS-3 greatly resembled the earlier RS-2 and somewhat resembles the RS-1, but it had 100 more horsepower thanks to its 12-cylinder, 1,600 hp ALCO Model 244 engine.

base stats

• speed 137 km/htop speed
• power 1.2 MWpower output
• weight 112 tin working order
• built 1,418made 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 76 years ago, in 1950.
• 🚗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

1950–1956

number built

1,418

kind

Diesel-electric

traction

diesel

origin

🇨🇦 Canada

builders

American Locomotive Company, Montreal Locomotive Works

top speed

137 km/h

power

1.2 MW

gauge

1,435 mm standard gauge

wheel arrangement

B-B

length

17.1 m

weight

112 t

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