Alcos Currently For Sale

Theres an S-1 at OMR for $9500 thats not getting any interest so an $18000 S-4 with "issues" is a hard sell. The S-4 is still on the D F Barnhardt site though for what its worth. Thanks for the clarification, Alcoman.

It sounds like the site has not been updated.

Recently, it was learned that 2 Alcos have been sold....
1) Maine Coast RS-11
2) Know & Kane RS-36

Question: Who bought them?

Unconfirmed, but a reliable source has heard Knox & Kane RS36 #70 was sold for parts and ultimately will be scrapped. Another one bites the dust.

If true, that's too bad. I know you can't save every Alco out there but its sad when the serviceable ones are worth more as parts or scrap then as operating locomotives. And its not like the K&K RS-36 is a oddball or anything, its a pretty common, popular, good unit.

RS

About a month ago I spoke with a company which deals in loco parts, based in the south. The guy said with oil prices high there is an incredible amount of exploration and drilling going on. That company is buying up ALCOs and reconditioning the prime movers for marine use (see the thread on the M&E scrapping RS-11's). I also understand traction motors are used on drilling rigs. So it sounds like right now, older locomotives are worth far more dead than alive, mainly due to oil prices.

Walker Ag Inc. of Danville, IL. has an Alco S-2 for sale at its Henning, IL. facility. The unit was built for the Manufactures Railway of St. Louis. It had also spent some time at a steel mill in Iowa. This unit was built with m.u. It apparently had some work done on it within the last few years of operation. The unit does have a Kemtron Hotstart on it. It also has recieved new wheels and rebuilt traction motors. I was told the that the Walker's would like to get $20,000.00 for it. I do know that this unit does run. It has one little problem, and that is that it sits on friction bearings. So it would either have to be loaded onto a flatcar or the bearings would have to be converted to rollers. The interchange is with the CSX at Rossville,IL.

BR&P wrote:About a month ago I spoke with a company which deals in loco parts, based in the south. The guy said with oil prices high there is an incredible amount of exploration and drilling going on. That company is buying up ALCOs and reconditioning the prime movers for marine use (see the thread on the M&E scrapping RS-11's). I also understand traction motors are used on drilling rigs. So it sounds like right now, older locomotives are worth far more dead than alive, mainly due to oil prices.

The above means two things:
1) Don't wait if you want to buy an Alco locomotive
2) You know who to blame for high Oil prices...I can think of several persons.

It's my fault! Me and my '67 Impala! I'll take the blame!

Dave Becker

pablo wrote:It's my fault! Me and my '67 Impala! I'll take the blame!

Dave Becker

......Make that 4 persons! Sorry, I could not resist...

Former Magma Arizona RR RS-3 #9 is for sale through Western Railway Equipment. The ad can be found at http://industriallocomotive.com/ (look for the RS-3 at the bottom). Western has a website but I was having trouble accessing it: http://www.geocities.com/wstrnraileqp/ The price is $50,000 FOB Congress, Az.

Seminole Gulf's C425 might be for sale while playing around on another forum came acrossed this web page www.ssshortline leasing.com they said it was add April 28, 2007 there are pic's no name or number on the loco but the dead give away is the paint.

sallenparks wrote:Seminole Gulf's C425 might be for sale while playing around on another forum came acrossed this web page www.ssshortline leasing.com they said it was add April 28, 2007 there are pic's no name or number on the loco but the dead give away is the paint.

Try www.ssshortlineleasing.com

Port Huron & Detroit ALCO S-1 #52, $30,000

http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/alco52.htm

sallenparks wrote:Seminole Gulf's C425 might be for sale while playing around on another forum came acrossed this web page www.ssshortline leasing.com they said it was add April 28, 2007 there are pic's no name or number on the loco but the dead give away is the paint.

This locomotive has been sold.