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ALCO RSC-2
🇺🇸 United States ·built by American Locomotive Company· from 1946· diesel-electric locomotive of the road switcher type
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3 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. CFA 040 DD 1-JPVL: Unknown author Unknown author· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CP Class 1500: Nuno Morão from Portugal· CC BY-SA 2.0
- 3. Milwaukee Road - 988 diesel locomotive (Alco RSC-2) (19343992321): James St. John· CC BY 2.0
what is it?
The ALCO RSC-2 was a diesel-electric locomotive that rode on three-axle trucks, having an A1A-A1A wheel arrangement. 91 locomotives were produced — Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the ALCO RS-2, though the wheel arrangement lowered the axle load for operation on light rail such as are found on branch lines. The Milwaukee Road was the first railroad to take delivery of the RSC-2, initially assigning them to their Valley Division (headquartered near Wausau, Wisconsin) in November 1946.
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 80 years ago, in 1946.
- 1.2 MW is about 14 family cars (~85 kW each) flat out.
- Weighs about as much as 18 African elephants (~6 t each).
- 16.2 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
- 91
- kind
- Diesel-electric
- traction
- diesel
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- builders
- American Locomotive Company
- top speed
- 105 km/h
- power
- 1.2 MW
- gauge
- 1,435 mm standard gauge
- wheel arrangement
- A1A-A1A
- length
- 16.2 m
- weight
- 110 t
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
family
Sources: Wikidata Q4032929, Wikipedia: ALCO RSC-2 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.