Western Railroad Discussion > ALCOS

For those of you who do not get Trains magazine you may want to pick up a copy of the September issue. There is a good article in there about ALCO, Train Similators, and a nice fold out of the Bigboy 4015.
Happy reading.

Doug

I don't know, Doug- my wife won't let me have magazines with foldouts in them ;-)

Powerbraker1,

Just tell her it is old ladies with a lot of class.

Doug Forness

Alco is not an acronym. Not all-caps. It's "Alco" not ALCO.
American Locomotive Company became "Alco Products, Inc." well into the diesel age. Check the builder's plates of Alco locomotives produced in the 1960s.

I know it is ALco. I just lost my all my concentration in the excitement of the moment. Sorry It will not happen again.

Doug

Depends on what era you are from. My early engineer's manuals have Alco on them in script. In fact, they say Alco-GE. My Century Manuals have "ALCO PRODUCTS, INC." on them- ALL CAPS. ALCo is used on some company letterheads of the sixties. It IS an acronym- it stands for A (American) L (Locomotive) Co (Company)- ALCo. The most accepted abbreviation these days is ALCo. The only two engines I work with now are ALCos- one steam, one diesel. I have been running ALCos for 29 years.

Besides, I know what Doug was talking about.

telling somebody they are wrong, when in actuality, they are just as correct !!!!

ALCO, ALCo, Alco -- they're all the SAME; we KNOW what Doug was trying to SAY !! C'mon, now . . . . .

KEE-RIST !

and thank you Powerbraker, someone whos actually WORKED on ALCos, for giving some details on your knowledge of ALCo's road power . . . . you were quite a help in clearing up the air here. . . .

Me, I spell that name M-L-W...

(Sorry, couldn't resist!)

B-dubya