VGNX 615 was built in April of 1949 as an ALCO FA-1. It is now en route to its new home at a museum in Virginia.

The ALCO FA is a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New …

A east bound CSX train passes my front porch. Watch as a ALCO FA-1 is trailing a 6000hp GE locomotive. What a difference in technology. One AC6000 can do the...

The ALCO FA was a family of B-B diesel locomotives designed to haul freight trains. The locomotives were built by a partnership of ALCO and General Electric in Schenectady, New …

Apr 21, 2019 · Nothing fancy but a short video solely dedicated to the photographs I captured of the 1949-built Alco FA-1 that was trailing out on CSX Q300-22 outlawed at P...

They are two very different models. The FA/FB is much shorter, uses 2 axle trucks, four motors, and a 1500/1600 hp V12 engine. The PA/PB uses 3 axle trucks with two motors each and an …

The American Locomotive Company (ALCO), based in Schenectady, New York, United States produced a wide range of diesel-electric locomotives from its opening in 1901 until it ceased …

Jun 10, 2022 · Today CSX uses the former Pittsburgh and Lake Erie tracks to bypass downtown entirely before crossing the Youghioghney River back the original B&O track down to …

Late this afternoon CSX M209 was heading south into Louisville Ky. with a trailing Alco. The CPKC leader was neat to catch on CSX however what got my attention was that third unit. …

Rapido is excited to announce the next in our series of classic ALCo locomotives: the ALCo FA-1. Between January 1946 and October 1950 a total of 440 FA-1s and 240 FB-1s were built by …