by ic9623
Does anyone know what happened to the giant ALCO 855's? I have seen picturees of them but you never hear about how they ran and pulled.
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Moderator: Alcoman
mp15ac wrote:According to one source (I can't remember where) there were two electrical cabinets in each unit (one for each prime mover). ALCO apparently wired one of the the electrical cabinets in each unit BACKWARDS. When the set left Omaha for there first trip west, when tey went through the first transistion the electrical cabinets exploded! The train had to be dragged back to the yard, the C855's cut off and sent for repairs. It was all downhill for them from there.
Stuart