ALCO RSD-5
Appearance
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ALCO RSD-5 | |
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standard gauge | |
Trucks | ALCO trimount |
Wheel diameter | 40 in (1,016 mm) |
Minimum curve | 21° (274.37 ft or 83.63 m |
Wheelbase | 42 ft 3 in (12.88 m) |
Length | 56 ft 6 in (17.22 m) |
Width | 10 ft 1+5⁄8 in (3.089 m) |
Height | 14 ft 8+1⁄4 in (4.477 m) |
Loco weight | 287,000 lb (130,000 kg) |
Fuel capacity | 1,300 US gal (4,900 L; 1,100 imp gal) |
Prime mover | Alco 244 |
RPM range | 1000 (max) |
Engine type | V12 Four-stroke engine diesel |
Aspiration | Turbocharger |
Displacement | 8,016 cu in (131.36 L) |
Generator | GE GT566 |
Traction motors | (6) GE 752 |
Cylinders | 12 |
Cylinder size | 9 in × 10.5 in (229 mm × 267 mm) |
Performance figures | |
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Power output | 1,600 hp (1.2 MW) |
Tractive effort | 71,750 lb (32,550 kg) |
The ALCO RSD-5 is a
diesel-electric locomotive rated at 1,600 horsepower (1.2 MW), that rode on a pair of three-axle trucks, having a C-C
wheel arrangement.
Basically an upgraded version of the earlier ALCO RSD-4, and used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the ALCO RS-3, the six-motor design allowed better tractive effort at lower speeds.
Original owners
Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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American Locomotive Company (demonstrator) | 1 | 1606 | to ATSF 2157 |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway | 52 | 2110–2156, 2158–2162 | |
Birmingham Southern Railroad | 1 | 160 | |
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | 26 | 5570–5595 | |
Chicago and North Western Railway |
10 | 1665–1667, 1684–1690 | |
Central Railroad of New Jersey | 1 | 1615 | |
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) |
6 | 2150–2155 | Renumbered 570–575 |
Pennsylvania Railroad | 6 | 8446–8451 | |
St. Louis Southwestern Railway | 3 | 270–272 | |
Southern Pacific Company |
36 | 5294–5307, 5336–5339, 5445–5448, 5494–5507 | 21 of them traded back to Alco in 1960 and rebuilt into Alco RSD-12's[1] |
Southern Pacific (Texas and New Orleans Railroad) | 24 | 155–176, 185–186 | |
Utah Railway | 1 | 306 | to DLMX 324 |
Ferrocarril del Pacífico | 35 | 801–835 | |
Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México | 2 | 6900–6901 | |
Total | 204 |
Preserved units
As of 2024, there are only two unrebuilt RSD-5s known to be in existence.
• CNW #1689 is preserved and operational at the Illinois Railway Museum.
•
Utah State Railroad Museum awaiting a planned restoration to its Utah Railway colors.[2] It is currently painted as Nickel Plate Road #324, from its former owner, Doyle McCormack of the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation
.
Two former RSD-5s (rebuilt as
Orange Empire Railway Museum
(SP #2954 and SP #2958).
References
- ^ "Southern Pacific RSD5 Info Page". espee.railfan.net. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- ^ Strack, Don. "Utah Railway Diesel Locomotives". UtahRails. Retrieved September 23, 2022.
- Dorin, Patrick C. (1972). Chicago and North Western Power. Burbank, California: Superior Publishing. p. 142. ISBN 0-87564-715-4.
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing Company. p. 247. ISBN 0-89024-026-4.