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can you guess why this unit is so special?
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Sat Jul 04, 2015 4:24 amby ErikGorbiHamilton
Can you guess why it is?
RULES: No internet to search up why its so special, all you have is the number and railroad.
No searching "cargil 1017" on google or bing or ANY search engine
USE KNOWLEDGE!
Re: can you guess why this unit is so special?
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Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:07 amby Noel
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.
Re: can you guess why this unit is so special?
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Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:51 amby _o_OOOO_oo-Kanawha
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.
Re: can you guess why this unit is so special?
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Sat Jul 04, 2015 10:22 amby robbit
It was the last engine ever built by alco
Re: can you guess why this unit is so special?
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Sat Jul 04, 2015 2:36 pmby ErikGorbiHamilton
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.