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The New Haven Railroad bought RS1 ,RS2, and RS3 ALCO models in large numbers. New Haven RR had few problems with the Alco engines because of good maintenance and not over powering them. Some RS models were rebuilt by Alco and NH RR shops to extend their service instead of buying new diesels. New Haven Railroad also bought RS11’s and the C425’s diesels.

That knot of track in Iowa was what ultimately broke Rock Island. One of today's ironies is that the ex-RI line from Tucumcari, NM to Kansas City, MO -- the "Golden State" route -- that Rock let slip into decay, is now a Union Pacific-owned super-railroad with many crack intermodal trains. The Spine Line from KC to Des Moines, IA and St. Paul, MN is now the only surviving connection between these two points. The Rock had many good routes, but hauling grain from elevators over decayed branchlines was what sank the old company.

Great video and very informative. The New Haven Railroad used the Army’s MRS-1 in the 1950’s because of severe hurricane damage and the need for good running diesels, especially over bad track conditions . Engineers stated these diesels ran great and without much trouble.

BL2, my beloved. Ugly duckling or not.

I LOVE these F units!

Another one back from the dead!

You also ever talked about the C855 or DH643?

I'm for the patch job, but you can get a few sheets of Microscale decals for not a lot of $, and practice with it, I think it would look cool that way.

<3 for including the Old Monon.

Perry Egbert must have been one very choice arsehole. The South African gig would have kept ALCo in the game.

If you look at Motive Power issue 153, from Australia, they have a very good article,(part1) about the big 636's. Mt Newman employed a total of 54 of these loco's. A.E. Goodwin were the initial supplier here, but when they went broke, Comeng took up the ALCo licence here. Goodwin built 33 units, Comeng the rest. The other mining companies in the Pilbara iron mines also bought a good number of these machines. The Mt. Newman fleet was the biggest single fleet of 636's anywhere on Earth.

Do I note a hint of cynicism or even hostility?

Wrong loco company guy. And this was better covered already by others.

What a voice and tone!

Runs pretty well. Of course we know what you ended up doing to this one having watched the previous video 😛

The MRS version was widely used in Australia. In New South Wales as the 45 class, and South Australia as the 700 class. They were built in Sydney by A.E. Goodwin and later Comeng. There are still a small number in active service. Also a number in preservation.

Nice save, Peter. Good results on the vertical decent safety test as well! As far as that wiggly decoder goes I would try one of two things. Either put a small blob of solder on each pad and then file it flat till it's only a few thousandths thick, or cut out and fold up a couple small squares of aluminum foil and wedge them in between the contacts and the frame. I've probably got about a dozen locomotives or more that could really use a full disassembly and fine tuning.

Great video

Next documentary when

actually you should read "the wreck of the penn central" and "no way to run a railroad" both of them tell a lot of truth about the behind the scenes at the penn central

Thinking about ordering the non sound dcc version. Unfortunately digitrax doesn't have the correct decoder listed for this unit. Thanks for sharing. Dave

When did you get out of HO? Haven't seen your channel in a minute 🤘 you used a clip from one of my vids for one of your alco videos once i think

Good troubleshooting, Peter. DCC and I have a somewhat complicated relationship.

Interesting, thanks. Engine sound 11:07 is very high-revving & similar-sounding to Napier "Deltic". Compared to the "ying-ying" GM sound. The high-revving might have increased engine wear ?? And possibly maintenance access was more difficult/expensive (even for a given level of reliability) ? Compare this with Napier ruclips.net/video/ziuF02H2z6E/видео.html at 19[:]18 secs

I've seen the SD70 listed as a roadswitcher... whaaat

I remember the F-units running the New Haven line as I was a child growing up in Rye, NY. Our family would take the train to Grand Central. A lot of times it would be with the electrified "boxcar". But the locomotives were always more fun to see in action.

I wish Kato would modify that mechanism to be a little more drop-in friendly. All it'd take is a tiny modification to those strips and the stock DC LED board. Nice job, Peter! Runs smooth like a new Kato should.

The rsc14s were done in 1975 , they were infamous for wheel slip

I bought the sister loco to this!

Nice little RS3. I have had to reset decoders on at least one third of the used DCC locomotives that i've picked up used.

Hi Bro! Are you interested in trams? Are there models of trams?

Looking to end it all? Climb up on an old ALCO and take a big snort of that exhaust

This set right out of the box is a piece of junk but in the hands of a skilled modeler, it can have some surgery done to improve it greatly!!!

Your soldering iron is too big! Get the Weller Soldering Station. You will love it.

Kato did NOT make that job easy. The more and more issues I have with the overall reliability of DCC and Sound I'm just more inclined to go back to DC. Although DCC control tends to be fairly good these days. Or at least you can't hear it skip, lol. 60% of the time it works every time! Great video, Peter!

Thank you for all you do! I grew up seeing Alco RS-1, 2 and or RS-3's of the LS&I ore hauling railroad a few hundred feet from my childhood home.

TBH I have never seen that Movie Polar Express. I did some research and found out the movie is based on a book of the same name. I'm going to buy and read the book before watching the movie before this Christmas 🎄🎁

Great video, thank you for the history lesson of these beautiful beasts. We have two in service on the Conway Scenic RR in Conway New Hampshire. Boston and Maine livery. 4266/4268. They were recently refurbished and do seasonal scenic RR tours. I’ve always loved these locomotives and am sad to see that they were so short lived. They were truly ahead of their time if they had been given a fair chance to shine.

Thank you for including what decoder number is needed. I haven't been able to find that anywhere.

I'm not usually a fan of slide shows but this one is info packed. THANK YOU for NOT using an annoying AI or computer generated voice!!! I'm so sick of those. i can't watch them. Ignore all the haters about your voice or style.

1:44 damn that sounds like my budget today!

*TRASH FROM TRASH.*

WHY DIDNT YOU RESEARCH THE SOUTHERN PACIFICS FLEET OF GP20?! THE SP ALSO BOUGHT SOME OF THESE GIRLS,TOO! THEY WERE NUMBERED 4000_4159. THE UP ALSO BOUGHT THEM,ALONGWITH THE CB&Q.,AND THE SANTA FE. SHE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE TOP SELLER, BUT SHE DID START THE TURBOCHARGER REVOLUTION FOR EMD. SHE WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST TURBOCHARGED EMD GEEP. SHE DID BECOME FAMOUS FOR BEING EMDS FIRST GEEO WITH A TURBOCHARGER! THEREFORE, SHE PROVED THE TURBOCHARGER CONCEPT, AND SHE PROVED THAT TURBOCHARGERS WOULD WORK JUST FINE! SHE TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL LOCOMOTIVE. I HAVE TWO OF THEM IN MY MODEL COLLECTION. I PAINTED THEM BOTH FOR SP. TYCO MADE THEM IN HO SCALE MODELS . I WISH I COULD FIND MORE OF THEM. THEY ARE RARE MODELS. I NEED SOME MORE OF THEM.

Such a great set. I don't have it, but I plan to get it. And for some reason, after 3 years it's been out they decided to make some Add on cars for it.

My grandpa worked for b&o and later chessie, then csx😂.. him calling the gp’s jeeps used to confuse me when I was little

man you are disorganized,,, also you tell us its android ... well then suddenly its both.

Yeah the cooling is horrendous on these. I had a 5800x cooled by a 120mm aio lol. Thats a single fan aio. I dont know why they even make single fan AIO coolers. So i biught a new cpu and a cpu cooler last night. Gonna install tomorrow when the mx6 paste arrives and see how it improves. My performance is pretty great in every game , i get 80 fps at 1080 p max sliders black ops 6. With my 4060ti 5800x 32gb. System. I gotta 5700x3d though. And a peerless assassin last night. Hopefully it atleast adds longevity or simething. Got the cpu on sale for $200. Ane can easily sell rhe 5800x for 100-120 bucks.

that's a nice unit, Peter! Looks like the Classic DCC Ready line is a better design then their others. Also can't wait till you get a sound decoder in there. Very cool to see that they put the speaker at the back of the long hood rather than in the fuel tank area. That really simplifies life.

I haven’t got my hands on one but love how they included the separate door. The crews would actually open the door on the front during the summer to give air flow through the cab and they dubbed it “Canadian Airconditioning”😂. Love the vid👍🏻

U don't need to change anything your doing a fine job keep it up!