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Define "road switcher":  Minimum of 900 h.p., a long hood for the engine, a short hood for steam-generating equipment, the ability to handle freight or passenger assignments.   Define it as you will, many give credit to Alco for the "first" road switcher, the RS-1.

The first delivery, in 1941, was to the Rock Island (#748, #749). The RS-1 was, in effect, a standard 1,000 switcher on an extended bed, with improved-riding drop side equalizer, swing bolster trucks. The RS-1 was a natural for branch line operations! The RS-1 was the first of the early generation of Alco road switchers

    After World War Two, ALCO recognized the market for a more powerful road switcher than it's 1000 h.p. RS-1. In 1946, the first 1,500 h.p. RS-2 was delivered to the Detroit & Mackinac.

   Alco went on to build some 366 of these work horses to 46 different North American and foreign roads and private companies between 1948 and 1950.

Expected Delivery Mid 2009

Estimated Price "Under $ 999.00 with DCC"

Now Taking Reservations