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Nostalgia & History > Smokin' ALCO'sDate: 08/10/20 19:45 Smokin' ALCO's Author: 148Fireman ALCO’s were known for their turbos that were slow to spool up. When their throttles were notched up, incomplete combustion caused the black smoke until their turbos were up to speed.
RS3 #1550, 1548 and ? were leaving Lakehurst, NJ with SJ-2, August, 1975. By around 1980, all were scrapped.  Date: 08/10/20 20:14 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: E25 Well, we can sure tell that the M.U. connections were in good working order... LOL
Great catch! Greg Stadter Phoenix, AZ Date: 08/10/20 21:46 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: SP4360 Straight to 8 and don't hesitate.
Date: 08/10/20 22:31 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: callum_out Point was to not slowly increase the turbo speed, as the man said, "Run to 8 and don't hesitate".
Out Date: 08/11/20 04:33 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: thebluecomet Could this image have been taken in 1976 rather than 1975? The CNJ always used the SD's on JS-1 and SJ-2. After the Conrail take over, they did use the RS3's again until the thru trains were discontinued.
Date: 08/11/20 07:44 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: icancmp193 Nice to see action from the southern end of the CNJ.
TJY Date: 08/11/20 08:00 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: 148Fireman My mistake! I went back to my log, and found the image was made August, 1976. What threw me off was at that time those units had not received their new C-R numbers: 5380, 5378 and ?
Bob Date: 08/11/20 13:46 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: ctillnc EPA Tier -100
Date: 08/11/20 13:53 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: goneon66 callum_out Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Point was to not slowly increase the turbo speed, > as the man said, "Run to 8 and don't hesitate". > > Out or, i have heard, "straight to eight"............ 66 Date: 08/11/20 19:50 Re: Smokin' ALCO's Author: coach Imagine the sound of 3 ALCO 244 egnines like that.............
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