The ALCO PA was a family of A1A-A1A diesel locomotives built to haul passenger trains. The locomotives were built in Schenectady, New York, in the United States, by a partnership of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and General Electric (GE) between June, 1946 and December, 1953.

Feb 21, 2025 · Today, Doyle McCormack has successful restored former Santa Fe PA-1 #62-L into Nickel Plate Road #190. The locomotive he lovingly brought back to life has since been sold (March, 2023) to Genesee Valley Transportation of Pennsylvania, which plans to use the locomotive in excursion service.

The first PA-1 and PB-1 were released by ALCO for testing on the Lehigh Valley on June 26, 1946. Photos of the first PA-1 and PB-1 testing on the Lehigh Valley in Black Demo paint are in Richard Steinbrenner's ALCO A Centennial Remembrance pp255-258.

Obtained from the Santa Fe in December of 1967 and painted in a blue version of the Santa Fe’s "Warbonnet" scheme, the four famous ALCo PA-1s were used to upgrade the power on passenger trains between Albany and Montreal.

The PA locomotives were built by a partnership of American Locomotive Company and General Electric between 1946 and 1953. They offered two models, the PA-1 initially followed by the PA-2. Both were powered by ALCo’s 16-cylinder 244 diesel engine generating 2,000 HP in the PA-1 and 2,250 in the PA-2.

Jan 9, 2024 · In 1946, ALCO (in partnership with General Electric) introduced a series of locomotive models equipped with their new 244-series engine aimed at three primary markets: A freight cab unit (the FA-1); a passenger cab unit (the PA-1); and a road switcher (the RS-2).

May 28, 2019 · The PA-1 will be meticulously restored to its original Santa Fe grandeur of the 1950s, when it could be found powering the line’s famous fleet of Chief streamliners. “It’s the successful end of a 26-year saga to rescue AT&SF 59…Now it’s the beginning of a new role for this great American icon thanks to the Museum of the American ...

On September of 1946, in an elaborate ceremony at the Alco plant at Schenectady, New York, a shiny new diesel passenger locomotive was revealed to the world. It was the first production-run version of the PA-1.

Mar 6, 2020 · Nickel Plate Road PA-1 type diesel electric locomotive No. 190 called the Oregon Rail Heritage Center home. •YEARS BUILT: 1946-1950. •MANUFACTURER: Alco. •NAME: PA-1, PB-1 (cabless booster unit) •QUANTITY: 208 (169 A units; 39 B units) •HORSEPOWER: 2,000. •KNOWN FOR: Unique profile and elongated nose.

Feb 5, 2025 · Recreate the excitement of first-class passenger travel in the middle of the last century, with these Alco PA locomotives and matching passenger sets.