To reduce the cost of replacing the entire wheel set, the ALCO's had steel tires just like a steam locomotive had. This brought back memories of railfanning at Hayford Jct. I live only 4 blocks from the old Forest Hill tower location. Still lots of trains day and night.
@mysticrailroad
4 жыл бұрын
i don't know what's wrong with me but i think those old Alcos are just majestic.
@justinmalachinski1496
Жыл бұрын
I work here and I wish we still had them tbh
@kjmerkel69
15 жыл бұрын
Some of my earliest Alco memories come from seeing (and hearing - what a wonderful exhaust note) BRC transfers coming into Bensenville. Thank you for the nostalgia.
@BaltimoreAndOhioRR
8 жыл бұрын
great classic shots!
@rjl110919581
4 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU FOR SHARE DETAIL VIDEO AS WAS GREAT WATCHING AND SHARE WITH OTHER
@daylightbigboy
7 жыл бұрын
I saw ALCo's ad for the C424 in a Trains magazine from 1966 saying it had 97% availability. Those ALCos sure good pieces of machinery, and downright awesome too!
@nigelterry9299
6 жыл бұрын
ALCO, the honorary steam loco! Love 'em!!!!
@cuzinitr
15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for filming them old alco's working! They would be forgotten but for a man with a camera! 5/5 Rich
@kelvintorrence5994
4 жыл бұрын
Those,are some old smoking. Joes I always like alco s
@WAL_DC-6B
8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this video regarding the Belt Railway's Alco C424's. As a locomotive engineer for the Soo Line, I had an opportunity to take the controls of a set of Belt Alcos from Bensenville yard to the BRC's Clearning yard with a transfer run back in the mid 1990's. However, the two (out of four) lead units were Soo GP38's. I would have had to "rearrange the furniture" to get the Belt Alcos at the head end. This consist change would not have gone over well with my conductor that day, Al Schoo. One thing surprised me about at least one of the Belt Alcos was that there was no MU (multiple unit) connection at the front of the unit next to the GP38's. Consequently, I couldn't even have my train at least half powered by the Alcos. Some things just weren't meant to be!
@Steven_Williams
9 жыл бұрын
Great video! The only one that I see now is the O scale one that I have. Thanks for the memories.
@johnstanovich5320
10 жыл бұрын
The videographer may have been standing in my shoes!, nice to relive the moments!
@dumbbuff
15 жыл бұрын
603 (wnyp426) is my regular assigned locomotive in meadville pa. still pretty much in brc paint
@tech83studio38
4 жыл бұрын
I did a painting of these Units on cardboard.
@rockyfanatic6846
3 жыл бұрын
I got some in Ho scale and my dads works there
@randyfunk4550
9 жыл бұрын
Great video
@TmanTheTrainman
6 жыл бұрын
Cool video!’
@camsmith7651
Жыл бұрын
Looks like old style BC Rail locomotives
@needlenosekw
11 жыл бұрын
i can't watch this, for as late they ran around chicago and i never tracked them down....shouda been trackside and not youtube side............
@bradnoga
4 жыл бұрын
at the 3:00 minute mark what are the objects hanging from the overhead structure
@fmnut
4 жыл бұрын
High car detectors. Prevents bridge strikes further down the line.
@johnpetit6446
4 жыл бұрын
@@fmnut thanks for the info
@mwand89
7 жыл бұрын
Steaming Alcos, I thought diesels don't make lots of smoke exhaust.
@fmnut
7 жыл бұрын
Just like "rolling coal" on a diesel truck, if you use heavy throttle on a turbocharged diesel, the turbo lags behind until exhaust gas pressure revs it up enough to lean out the mix for ideal combustion.
@mwand89
7 жыл бұрын
In my opinion, the Alco types are more smokers than GMs, GEs, and EMDs.
@alexandergrube6437
6 жыл бұрын
The smoke comes from the locomotive not burning all of the fuel (usuly when accelerating) EMD and GE units do not have this trait. (Well most GE units)
@fmnut
5 жыл бұрын
Older GE's had the same turbo lag issues as Alcos. Remember they were virtually identical mechanically and electrically except for the prime mover. One of the densest smokers I have ever shot was the U25C on the LS&I.
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