It is the only surviving ALCO FCP had! -Both PA-4's (No. 17 and 19), along with the S-BC FT No. 2203 are all in operating conditions in the "Museo Nacional de los Ferrocarriles Mexicanos" (National Museum of Mexican Railroads) in Puebla, Pue. Thanks for your interest :-) Héctor Miguel González Vidales Tijuana, B.C.

The PA's were generally well liked, dispite their problems. They could outperform EMD's in most circumstances all things being equal. One note of distiction; there is some confusion over the model designation PA-3. This was a model that ALCO offered but was never produced.

It's been a year or better since I saw a website depicting the progress of Doyle McCormack's restoration of his ex-ATSF/D&H/Mexican PA. Looked like progress was well under way. Complete rewiring, replacement of the older, less reliable 539 primer mover with a 251 and main generator of of a Ca

Alco PA-1 2000 HP 100mph gearing: starting TE 51 Klbs cont TE 27 Klbs EMD E7A same HP/speed: starting TE 53K cont TE 18K EMD E8A 2250 HP, same speed: starting TE 53K cont TE 23K Also, Santa Fe conducted dyno tests circa 1946 comparing drawbar HP and drawbar pull between PA's and the early E-units.

Oct 4, 2023 · The First PA/B set rolled out of the Alco Plant to fanfare and in Santa Fe colors on September 1946. Nickel Plate No. 190 was part of the first series of PA’s or PA-1’s. The PA’s engines were the first to break the 2000 HP range and featured turbo-charging.

Re: Proto 2000 Alco PA questions... Author: bobdavis I have two of these units dating back to the 1990s, and a stall test on DC showed both motors drawing nearly 3 amps so I got the replacement motors from Walthers (very easy retro-fit, even for an electronically challenged person like me), installed NCE D13SR decoders in them, and the units ...

Oct 2, 2023 · Lehigh Valley - After the last passenger trains were cancelled in February, 1961, all of the Valley's PA's soldiered on in freight service, The last was traded to Alco on new C628's in 1965. Delaware & Hudson - After conventional equipment on the Adiirondack was replace by Rohr Turboliners in March, 1977, the PA's were used in freight service ...

Most of Santa Fe's iconic Alco PA's were traded in and scrapped. Four went to Delaware and Hudson. This one was left behind in the Santa Fe San Bernardino yard, in the area where spare bridge spans were kept near 4th St. west of Mt. Vernon. I think is …

Before you laugh, I usually only use Tsunami decoders, but this one is a drop in replacement for the board on the P2K PA and E Units and does both Alco and EMD 567 sound, and quite well I might add. The slow speed control is excellent on this decoder, and no …

May 28, 2017 · 10. The diesel escort on the other end of the train this time was a known Alco, one of four PA-1's that began life on the Santa Fe, was sold to Delaware & Hudson in 1967, rebuilt by MK in 1974-75 with a 251 prime mover (after which the units were dubbed "PA-4's"), and sold to …