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Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas

Author: OPRRMS

Date: 03-16-2011 - 19:41

The Montezuma Yardmaster Wrote:
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> Is it true that these two units are the ONLY Alco
> PA's left in the entire world? Any PB's left?

Well, lessee. There are 4 A units for sure, probably 5.

One in Portland, one enroute to Frisco, Texas, two in the museum in Puebla, Mexico, and one in (at last report, at least) a museum in Brazil. The hulks of the other two Brazilian units are thought to have been scrapped, although confirmation apparently has been difficult to obtain. Only McCormick's unit in Portland [nkp190.com] and possibly one of the units in Mexico have any chance of ever running again.

As trivia, the Pyle Gyralight that's now in the "190" actually came out of Santa Fe PA 54L.

The last Rio Grande B unit that was converted to a steam generator car and then to HEP was sold to the Algoma Central as their #78. Still there as far as I know. Here's a link to a picture of it on the Trainweb web site: [trainweb.org]

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ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	Tom McCann	03-16-2011 - 14:36
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	The Montezuma Yardmaster	03-16-2011 - 17:52
Incredible Hulk Enroute to Texas	DH	03-16-2011 - 18:19
Re: Incredible Hulk Enroute to Texas	The Montezuma Yardmaster	03-16-2011 - 18:28
Re: Incredible Hulk Enroute to Texas	Matt Farnsworth	03-16-2011 - 20:14
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	OPRRMS	03-16-2011 - 19:41
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	Arlen Sheldrake	03-16-2011 - 20:14
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	Mike Swanson	03-17-2011 - 09:00
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	DH	03-17-2011 - 17:20
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	TT	03-18-2011 - 14:56
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	OPRRMS	03-18-2011 - 16:36
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	TT	03-19-2011 - 12:14
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	OPRRMS	03-19-2011 - 14:50
Re: ALCO PA Enroute to Texas	davew833	10-09-2013 - 16:30

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OPRRMS Wrote:
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> The Montezuma Yardmaster Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> 
> > Is it true that these two units are the ONLY
> Alco
> > PA's left in the entire world?  Any PB's left?
> 
> Well, lessee.  There are 4 A units for sure,
> probably 5.  
> 
> One in Portland, one enroute to Frisco, Texas, two
> in the museum in Puebla, Mexico, and one in (at
> last report, at least) a museum in Brazil.  The
> hulks of the other two Brazilian units are thought
> to have been scrapped, although confirmation
> apparently has been difficult to obtain.  Only
> McCormick's unit in Portland
> http://nkp190.com/index.html and possibly one of
> the units in Mexico have any chance of ever
> running again.
> 
> As trivia, the Pyle Gyralight that's now in the
> "190" actually came out of Santa Fe PA 54L.
> 
> The last Rio Grande B unit that was converted to a
> steam generator car and then to HEP was sold to
> the Algoma Central as their #78.  Still there as
> far as I know.  Here's a link to a picture of it
> on the Trainweb web site:  
> http://trainweb.org/algoma/Images/Passenger/ac78b.
> jpg

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