• Most Surviving ALCOs

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

  by Champlain Division
 
So, what original flag railroad holds the title of having the most surviving locomotives (either in operation or on display) from its original ALCO purchases/orders?
  by sixaxlealcoII
 
Without researching it I'd guess it is the D&H. Perhaps the SP&S/BN might be second.

SixAxleAlcoII

  by MEC407
 
Do MLW units count? If so, Canadian Pacific and CN would be right up there on the list... lots of C424s and M420s.

  by The Man
 
Only two LV C-420's got cut up I think? I know the 404 did... But what about doing to most of what model? Like The most C-420's left came from LVRR?

JJ-

  by Alcoman
 
Both Roberval & Saguney M420TR's still survive. Purchased new. Only two built too!
  by GN 599
 
sixaxlealcoII wrote:Without researching it I'd guess it is the D&H. Perhaps the SP&S/BN might be second.

SixAxleAlcoII
Yeah does anyone have any exact numbers on that? Does the Cuyhoga Valley Scenic still have the BN RS-3. It lacks its prime mover correct?
I would say the EL and LV come to mind as well. For a small road a good percentage of the L&HR ''fleet'' is around.

  by scottychaos
 
There are 52 known surviving D&H Alcos:
http://www.joshuakblay.com/dhsurvivors.html

(several of the surviving D&H alcos are also counted in the numbers below..for example, 8 of the 9 surviving D&H C420's are the same units as the 8 surviving LV C420's)

15 known surviving LV Alcos:
http://www.frontiernet.net/~scottychaos ... tives.html

11 from the Erie
10 from DL&W
13 from EL
http://gold.mylargescale.com/Scottychao ... Survivors/

19 from the New York Central,
18 from the PRR
5 from New Haven
3 from Penn Central
http://gold.mylargescale.com/Scottychao ... /index.htm

so the D&H is far and away the "winner"!
which isnt surprising..

The NYC and PRR once had massive Alco fleets..but their low survivor numbers today can be attributed mostly to Conrail..

Scot