ALCO MRS-1 [SEP] manufacturer
ALCO MRS-1
The ALCO MRS-1 is a type of diesel-electric locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company for the United States Army Transportation Corps. They were built with multigauge trucks and to a reduced loading gauge for service anywhere in the world in the event of war.
History.
History Development.
The Korean War and the intensification of the Cold War at the beginning of the 1950s caused the Army Transportation Corps to consider what it might need for a new land war in Europe.
They came up with a
- No. B2043, Alco MRS-1 1600 hp built 1953
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- No. 8651, Alco built 1945
- No. 8674, Alco built 1945
Equipment Rolling stock.
For a small railroad, the FEMRR rostered a surprising extensive collection of passenger, freight, maintenance-of-way and other cars, totaling 168 pieces. Most of these were equipped with traditional AAR knuckle