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Discussion of products from the American Locomotive Company. A web site with current Alco 251 information can be found here: Fairbanks-Morse/Alco 251.

Moderator: Alcoman

 #1439214  by renrut44
 
For hardcore Alco fans, India is still the holy grail

No Tier4 in India, Alco = smoke

For broad gauge locos this is a usefull guide http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-loco2d.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Lots of smoke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwa8jP9fa1Y" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZDL_nom5lw" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e__g6QWTazs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Ghats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J57bJ2aIlE" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m_QVMX_V1Y" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLjwLu_3zHs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Un9pm0evVk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCGExbdfZEs" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
 #1440350  by mtuandrew
 
renrut44 wrote:Six new build 6 cylinder 251 powered YDM-4 shipped to Myanmar in June 2017
http://www.dlw.indianrailways.gov.in/vi ... EB7.web107" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Current DLW catalogue http://www.dlw.indianrailways.gov.in/vi ... 94,668,669" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
WDS6ADT and YDM-4 are 6 cylinder 251 powered
I'm imagining the WDS6ADT in Milwaukee paint, and it's a good look. (Who needs an SDL39 anyway?)