The ALCO RSD-12 was a C-C diesel-electric locomotive rated at 1,800 horsepower (1.34 MW). 171 locomotives were produced —Used in much the same manner as its four-axle counterpart, the ALCO RS-11, though the six-motor design allowed better tractive effort at lower speeds.
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.jpg) Ferrocarril del Pacifico 504 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, in March 1979 | |||||||||||||||||
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Original buyers
edit| Railroad | Quantity | Road numbers | Notes |
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| Chesapeake and Ohio Railway | 10 | 6700–6709 | Renumbered 2007–2016, 2014 and 2016 were sold to Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, then were purchased by Utah Railway on February 23, 1976. |
| Lake Superior and Ishpeming Railroad | 4 | 1801–1804 | |
| New York, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad (“Nickel Plate Road”) | 9 | 325–333 | to Norfolk and Western Railway 2325-2333 in 1964 |
| Pennsylvania Railroad | 25 | 8655–8679 | to Penn Central 6855–6879; then to Conrail 1101-1123 and rebuilt into Alco mt6. 14 went to Norfolk Southern and 9 to CSX 1006-1016 with two retired upon Conrail purchase. All retired in 2020. |
| Southern Pacific Company | 21 | 7000–7020 | Renumbered 2950–2970, rebuilt from RSD-5 locomotives with a new motor and carbody, retaining generators and bogeys[1][2] |
| Ferrocarril del Pacífico | 19 | 1502–1508, 509–520 | |
| Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México | 73 | 7400–7472 | |
| Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional (Brazil) | 10 | 3501–3510 | Built by MLW, 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in); to RFFSA pt:ALCo RSD-12 |
| Total | 171 |
Preservation
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• Nickel Plate Road #329 is preserved at a museum in Bellevue, Ohio.
• Southern Pacific #2954 and #2958 are preserved at the Southern California Railroad Museum in Perris, California. Both of these units are rebuilt from RSD-5s.
• Paperton Junction Southern (ex-SP #2962) is preserved at the Arkansas Railroad Museum in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
• Lake Superior & Ishpeming #1804 partially survives in a shipyard in Escanaba, Michigan. It has no prime mover.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Percy, Richard. "Southern Pacific RSD-12 Info Page." Obtained 5/8/18.
- ^ "Southern Pacific RSD5 Info Page". espee.railfan.net. Retrieved 2019-07-28.
- Komanesky, John et al. The Diesel Shop Archived 2008-06-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved July 3, 2008
- Pinkepank, Jerry A. (1973). The Second Diesel Spotter's Guide. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Kalmbach Publishing. pp. 257–258. ISBN 978-0-89024-026-7.
External links
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Media related to ALCO RSD-12 locomotives at Wikimedia Commons
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