Talk:ALCO PA

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The first two units an A and a B were released for test from Schenectady on June 26, 1946. Units were tested on the Lehigh Valley then returned to Schenectady for work before sale to Santa Fe in September 1946. Data is from Richard Steinbrenner's The American Locomotive Company A Centennial Remembrance --SSW9389 23:26, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

American Freedom Train PA-1 #1776 operated from September 17, 1947 to January 1949. Unit was sold to GM&O as their #292. From Steinbrenner's book. --SSW9389 23:26, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The last two PA-1s built in 12/49 were painted in CN paint #9077-9078, demonstrated in Canada from 2/50-5/50, were returned to Alco, rebuilt as PA-2s and sold to MKT! Steinbrenner p.274. --SSW9389 23:39, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Three PA-2s were exported in 1953 to Brazil's Paulista Railway #500-502. Several are still extant at this time! Steinbrenner p. 308. --SSW9389 23:39, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Steinbrenner has several notes on the PA nose design and its likely relationship with the Fairbanks-Morse Erie Built locomotive. Steinbrenner credits the industrial designer Raymond Loewy with credit for both. Steinbrenner p. 249. --SSW9389 23:53, 19 November 2005 (UTC)[reply]

One "major" book might be Andy Romano's PA: Alco's Glamour Girl, assuming it can be found. I think Jim Boyd had a hand in another book whose title escapes me---maybe Alco Passenger Diesels---but it deals with almost every group of PA/PBs bought by a railroad.--Foxhound 16:52, 21 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

That "major" book has now been added. -- MakeChooChooGoNow 18:03, 27 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]