#3586
ALCO RS-32
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1961· 2,000 hp diesel electric locomotive
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2 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. SP 7302 at Lenzen service track Feb 1966xRP - Flickr - drewj1946: Drew Jacksich from San Jose, CA, The Republic of California· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 2. New York Central Alco RS32 2038 (50260121692): Craig Garver from Tucson, Arizona, United States· CC0
what is it?
Designated as a "DL721" by ALCO, the 2,000 hp RS-32 was intended to compete with EMD's GP20 and GE's U25B locomotives. Only 35 units were produced, with 25 units ordered by New York Central in 1961 and 10 units by Southern Pacific in 1962. New York Central’s RS-32s were commonly seen in both road and local freight assignments.
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 65 years ago, in 1961.
- 1.5 MW is about 18 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1961–1962
- number built
- 35
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- operators
- New York Central Railroad, Southern Pacific Transportation Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- 1.5 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- B-B
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4652284, Wikipedia: ALCO RS-32 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.