Talk:ALCO RSC-2

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Caminhos de Ferro de Portugal had 12 units from Andy Inserra's list. --SSW9389 (talk) 09:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

there are still 5 Alco«s in running condition here in portugal. Namely: - 1501 is assigned to the national railway museum - 1502 1507 1511 and 1512 are now the propriety of some infraestructure contractors (along with alco 1525 (a RSC3)) Sotavento (talk) 01:02, 25 October 2008 (UTC)

There is a rumor of RSC-2s in Algeria on Steinbrenner page 295, but not confirmed on Inserra's list. --SSW9389 (talk) 09:14, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

See Preston Cook's excellent article "WHEN EMD, ALCO & BALDWIN MET IN MORROCCO" (pp22-35) in the March 2011 issue of Railroads Illustrated. Cook has photos of the Algerian RSC-2s in passenger service into Oujda, Morocco. --SSW9389 11:53, 20 March 2011 (UTC)

Turbocharger Redesign
Some delay to the beginning of RSC-2 production was experienced by Alco-GE. This was because the turbocharger manifold had to be redesigned for a lower mounting. The lower mounting was necessary to enable a 12V-244 engine to fit under the hood of the proposed new roadswitchers. This new turbocharger mounting was tested and complete by the Summer of 1946. See Steinbrenner p. 246. --SSW9389 14:52, 15 July 2013 (UTC)

Found another
It took me a while to identify it, but I found an RSC-2 at Danbury Railway Museum (right here). It was an ex-Northern Central Railway train, as well as New Hope and Ivyland Railroad, Florida Power & Light and Seaboard Air Line Railroad train. -User:DanTD (talk) 04:25, 21 December 2019 (UTC)

Section for Preserved Engines
As per the post titled “Found Another” and to be inline with other articles, a Preserved Locomotive section should be added. 166.181.89.118 (talk) 23:15, 7 May 2024 (UTC)


 * Preserved Units as of current are:
 * VLIX 1513 at Danbury Railway Museum wich is Former SAL 1513
 * ADIX 25, formerly SAL 1531 was at Ramsen NY, now under private ownership in Ohio.
 * Milwaukee Road 988 (see main article for sources, if not there, revisions)
 * it is unknown if B&FJ 5 exists
 * after the first one, i cba to find sources. 166.181.89.118 (talk) 23:39, 7 May 2024 (UTC)