Description
Simplified scheme
The post war years saw the rapid escalation of competition in the diesel locomotive market between the traditional steam locomotive builders and EMD. While EMD had an initial leg up due to wartime restrictions, the steam builders would not go quietly. The early 1950s saw ALCo, Baldwin, and Fairbanks-Morse offering designs to compete with the ground breaking EMD GP7. ALCo introduced the RS-3 in 1950. It included an upgraded ALCo 12 cylinder 244 prime mover with 1600 horsepower which proved to be more reliable than the earlier version in the RS-1 & RS-2. The body was a refinement of the RS-2 with more streamlining.
Railroads found the RS-3 to be a versatile and reliable road switcher with good looks. A number of railroads adapted this model for passenger use because of the streamlined appearance. In terms of sales, the RS-3 was the high water mark for ALCo in the diesel era with a total of 1418 built by ALCo and Montreal Locomotives Works between 1950 and 1956.
Features:
Ready to run
Air hoses
Windshield wipers
Grab irons
Coupler lift bars
Operating headlight
Window glass
Fuel tank
Can motor
Flywheels
Blackened wheels with RP25 flanges and knuckle couplers
Analog (DC) version features 21 pin plug for DCC. DCC/Sound version features LokSound V5 decoder.
The post war years saw the rapid escalation of competition in the diesel locomotive market between the traditional steam locomotive builders and EMD. While EMD had an initial leg up due to wartime restrictions, the steam builders would not go quietly. The early 1950s saw ALCo, Baldwin, and Fairbanks-Morse offering designs to compete with the ground breaking EMD GP7. ALCo introduced the RS-3 in 1950. It included an upgraded ALCo 12 cylinder 244 prime mover with 1600 horsepower which proved to be more reliable than the earlier version in the RS-1 & RS-2. The body was a refinement of the RS-2 with more streamlining.
Railroads found the RS-3 to be a versatile and reliable road switcher with good looks. A number of railroads adapted this model for passenger use because of the streamlined appearance. In terms of sales, the RS-3 was the high water mark for ALCo in the diesel era with a total of 1418 built by ALCo and Montreal Locomotives Works between 1950 and 1956.
Features:
Ready to run
Air hoses
Windshield wipers
Grab irons
Coupler lift bars
Operating headlight
Window glass
Fuel tank
Can motor
Flywheels
Blackened wheels with RP25 flanges and knuckle couplers
Analog (DC) version features 21 pin plug for DCC. DCC/Sound version features LokSound V5 decoder.
