ALCO RSD-4

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The ALCO RSD-4 was a Script error: No such module "convert". six axle diesel-electric locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company between 1951 and 1952.[1] It was a derivative of the four-axle ALCO RS-3, with two additional powered axles which allowed better tractive effort at lower speeds. Due to the inadequate capacity of the main generator, this model was later superseded in production by the ALCO RSD-5.

Original owners

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway 10 2100–2109 [1]
Chicago and North Western Railway 5 1515–1517, 1619–1620 [1]
Central Railroad of New Jersey 14 1601–1614 [1]
Kennecott Copper Corporation 1 201 Preserved[1]
Utah Railway 6 300–305 [1]
Total 36

Preserved units

The only ALCO RSD-4 that has survived is Kennecott Copper Corporation #201. It resided at the Northwest Railway Museum until November 2021 (formerly known as the Puget Sound & Snoqualmie Valley Railway) in Snoqualmie, Washington in its orange Kennecott paint scheme.[2] As of 2021, it has been returned to Ely, Nevada (along with EMD SD7 #401) to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum.[3]

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