In 1940, General Electric and American Locomotive Co. (Alco) concluded a sales and marketing agreement to manufacture diesel locomotives under the Alco-GE label. While World War Two prevented immediate building, the Alco-GE planning efforts continued.

In the 1940s, EMD's success with their "FT" freight diesels drove ALCo to develop their own streamlined freight locomotives. These diesels were developed around ALCo's new turbo-charged "244" prime mover, GE electricals and AAR type B trucks. As a result, the first FA/FB set was delivered to the GM&O in 1946. The 1500-h.p. FA1s and FB1s sold quickly, and were succeeded in 1950 by the up-powered FA2s and FB2s.

Also in 1946, Alco delivered their first streamlined passenger diesels to the Santa Fe. These 2000 h.p. units in cab/booseter configuration were later designated the PA/PB-1 type. Upgrades in 1950 resulted in the PA/PB-2 type. Some units were later rebuilt and poularly called PA/PB-4s

As with the EMD "F"s, Division Point and Ajin will offer a wide range of Alco-GE freight, dual-purpose and passenger locomotives. The will include FA/FB-1s, FA/FB-2s, FPA/FPB-2s, FPA/FPB-4s, PA/PB-1s, PA/PB-2s and PA/PB-4s. We will also be doing the Canadian-built models! We'll be listing the road's variants for your consideration, so stay tuned! Target delivery is 2009 through 2010.

Built to Alco specifications DL-208 (cab) and DL-209 (booster), these units were designed for freight service. Built between 1946 and early 1950, these units were rated at 1500 h.p. The cab units were 51'6" long and the boosters were 50'6" long, leaving no roon for steam generator equipment. All DL-208/209 units went to the Gulf Mobile and Ohio. Units built to later specifications (DL-208A/209A, DL-208B/209B and DL-208C/209C) were more widely distributed. With the DL-208C/209C specification Horsepower was in creased to 1,600.

This first group of items are all FA1 and FB1's, we will most the other FA's and FB's separately.