The Alco 539T was a diesel prime mover built by the American Locomotive Company. This engine was also used as a stationary powerplant, used in pipeline pumping stations, tugboats and …

3 days ago · Going back to the 539 engine, Alco had a long and tedious but unsuccessful effort to build a tandem based on the 538/539/540 engines early in World War Two. It consumed a lot …

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 …

The ALCO HH series was an early set of diesel switcher locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York between 1931 and 1940, when they …

In 1938 ALCO introduced a line of high hood switchers powered by the new model 538 diesel engine which featured a cast iron engine block. This engine was offered in both a 660-hp (non …

Aug 27, 2003 · Yes, ALCo did design all of its own locomotives. The engines ALCo used were the 330, 531, 538, 539, 244, & 251. 330) an early engine used on a handfull of early switchers: …

In 1938 the HH660 followed with the slightly more powerful naturally aspirated engine of the 538 series and from 1939 finally the HH1000 with the turbocharged variant of the engine of the 538 …

538/538T McIntosh & Seymour: Auburn, NY: 8/1938 to 1/1940: 539/539T McIntosh & Seymour: Auburn, NY: 5/1940 to 1/1961: 539/539T MLW: Montreal, Quebec: 5/1948 to 7/1959: 241 ...

In 1938 ALCO introduced a line of high hood switchers powered by the new model 538 diesel engine which featured a cast iron engine block. This engine was offered in both a 660-hp (non …

Feb 7, 2025 · Starting of an Alco 538 Diesel Block on Buffalo Creek #43. This unit sits on the Buffalo Southern Railroad in Hamburg, NY and is owned by the Western New Yor...