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3 See also  





4 References  





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ALCO T-6
Type and origin
Power typeDiesel-electric
BuilderALCO
ModelT-6 (Specification DL440)
Build dateMarch 1958 – January 1969
Total produced57
Specifications
Configuration:
 • AARB-B
Gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm)
Prime moverAlco 251B
CylindersStraight 6
Performance figures
Power output1,000 hp (750 kW)

The Alco T6 (DL 440) was a diesel-electric switcher locomotive rated at 1,000 horsepower (750 kW), that rode on two-axle trucks, having a B-B wheel arrangement.

The 'T' stood for 'Transfer', meaning this locomotive was capable of faster transition and higher sustained speeds than the regular 'S' - type yard switcher series.

Original owners[edit]

Railroad Quantity Road numbers Notes
Altos Hornos de Mexico, S.A. 2 126–127
Brewster Phosphate 2 16–17
Kaiser Steel 2 1022–1023
Monongahela Connecting Railroad 1 400 Hi-Ad trucks[1]
Newburgh and South Shore Railroad 2 1016–1017 Last locomotives built by Alco; 1016 and 1017 are known to survive.
Norfolk and Western Railway 40 10–49 40–41 to Chesapeake Western Railway renumbered 10 and 11
Pennsylvania Railroad 6 8424–8429 8427 is known to survive.
Portland Terminal Railroad (formerly Northern Pacific Terminal) (Oregon) 2 46–47

Survivors[edit]

The Delaware Coast Line Railway, the Ohio Central Railway and the Arkansas & Missouri operate the T-6. Ohio Central's T-6 is unique because it was the only one built (for Monongahela Connecting Railroad) with Hi-Ad trucks.[1] 14 T-6's survive in all.

Pennsylvania RR 8427 survives as Georges Creek Railway 101. It was that railroad's first locomotive acquisition and is often used to switch the NewPage paper mill at Luke, Maryland.[2]

Newburg and South Shore Railroad 1017 survives on the West Michigan Railroad.

Newburg and South Shore Railroad 1016 survives as Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad 1016.[3]

Norfolk and Western Railway #40 survives as a static display in the Virginia Museum of Transportation. It has been restored to Chesapeake and Western #10 paint.[4]

Norfolk and Western Railway #41 is operated by the Roanoke Chapter, NRHS. It has been restored to Norfolk and Western lettering and makes operating appearances at the Virginia Museum of Transportation.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "American Locomotive Company Diesel Locomotives". Age of Steam Roundhouse. 16 February 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  • ^ "George's Creek Railway, Roster". George's Creek Railway. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  • ^ "About the Middletown & Hummelstown Railroad". Middletown and Hummelstown Railroad. 11 November 2009. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
  • ^ "Alco T6 Switcher DESCRIPTION". Virginia Museum of Transportation. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
  • https://web.archive.org/web/20140220043646/http://www.gckrail.com/

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