Can you guess why it is?
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can you guess why this unit is so special?
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can you guess why this unit is so special?
by ErikGorbiHamilton » Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:24 am
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Re: can you guess why this unit is so special?
by Noel » Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:07 am
It looks like it has the frame & trucks from an SW1500, a cab from an ALCO S-Unit, and the long hood from an ALCO RS-Unit.
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Re: can you guess why this unit is so special?
by _o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha » Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:51 am
It had no front coupler and its pilot is damaged.
Being a Cargill company locomotieve, it should not be allowed to roam outside the plant.
Being a Cargill company locomotieve, it should not be allowed to roam outside the plant.
Edwin "Kanawha"
The Chessie, the train that never was ... (6000 hp Baldwin-Westinghouse steam turbine electric)
The Chessie, the train that never was ... (6000 hp Baldwin-Westinghouse steam turbine electric)
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Re: can you guess why this unit is so special?
by robbit » Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:22 am
It was the last engine ever built by alco
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Re: can you guess why this unit is so special?
by ErikGorbiHamilton » Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:36 pm
robbit wrote:It was the last engine ever built by alco
DING DING DING!
Winner!
The locomotive in question is a T6 and ,as robbit said, was the last US alco built.
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