ALCO RS-1
| ALCO RS-1 | |
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 RS-1
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| Number: | 469 |
| Manufacturer: |
ALCO GE |
| Year of construction (s): | 1941-1960 |
| Axis formula : | Bo'Bo ' |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length over coupling: | 16,910 mm |
| Height: | 4,390 mm |
| Width: | 3,050 mm |
| Total wheelbase: | 12,320 mm |
| Service mass: | 112.3 t |
| Friction mass: | 112.3 t |
| Wheel set mass : | 28 t |
| Top speed: | 100 km / h |
| Installed capacity: | 1,000 hp |
| Starting tractive effort: | 179.82 kN |
| Driving wheel diameter: | 1,000 mm |
| Motor type: | 6-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine |
| Motor type: | ALCO 539T |
| Rated speed: | 750 rpm |
| Tank capacity: | 3,800 l |
| Drive: | diesel-electric |
The ALCO RS-1 series locomotive was a diesel locomotive with a Bo'Bo 'wheel arrangement. They were built from 1941 to 1960 and, due to their design, the driver's cab roughly in the middle of the locomotive with a good view of the tracks on both sides from the locomotive driver's cab, can be seen as the prototype of the modern shunting locomotive .
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The ALCO RS-1 was a four-axle diesel locomotive with electric power transmission . It was manufactured from 1941 to 1953 by the ALCO and GE group of companies and from 1953 to 1960 by ALCO alone. Due to the long production time of 19 years, it can be described as the leading North American diesel locomotive. The characteristic design was later described as classic for the construction of shunting locomotives. The locomotive was mainly used in the USA , where it was mainly used in the army . For a detailed list of the machines produced, see the web links.
The technology of the locomotive was robust American technology of the time; a slow-running six-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine of the type ALCO_539T with diesel-electric drive. For a detailed description of the technology of the locomotive, see the SŽD series ТЭ1 . A total of 469 locomotives of this type were produced.
Since the locomotives are very robust, they have been in use for many years, and it cannot be ruled out that one or the other machine will still take on work in shunting or construction work. Machines are in museum possession at the following museums:
- a machine is in the Illinois Railway Museum,
- a locomotive with the number 735 is with the Louisiana Steam Train Association,
- a locomotive with the number 9 is in the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum,
- the locomotive with the number 405 is also preserved,
- on a museum railway in Kingston (City, New York) two locomotives are in museum operation,
- there is a locomotive with the number 101 on the North Shore Railroad,
- Locomotive number 20 has been preserved in the Shepherd, Michigan Railroad Museum.
RSD at other railway administrations
According to the Internet, two locomotives were delivered to Alaska , 64 locomotives to Mexico , twelve locomotives to British Columbia , six locomotives to Saudi Arabia and 46 machines to Brazil . Since the locomotive could not be used freely due to its high axle pressure of 28 t, its six-axle version ALCO RSD-1 appeared in 1942 . This machine was primarily used in the former Soviet Union and Iran .
See also
Web links
- Photo gallery about the RS-1 on www.railpictures.net
- Photo collection about the RS-1 diesel locomotives
- Description of the RS-1 diesel locomotives
- Description of the RS-1 diesel locomotives
- Film scene about the starting process of an RS-1
Individual evidence
- ↑ Internet site about the diesel locomotives of the RS-1 series on railpictures.net
- ↑ Grand Trunk Western 1951 ( Memento of the original from April 13, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. irm.org, accessed April 12, 2014.
- ↑ Eastman Kodak # 9 rgvrrm.org, accessed on April 12, 2014.
- ↑ Internet page about the railway exhibition in Shepherd (Michigan)
