ALCO DL-202
The ALCO DL-202-2 and DL-203-2 diesel-electric locomotive (known informally as the Black Maria) was an experimental freight locomotive produced by ALCO of Schenectady, New York.[1] The two A units were built in January 1945 and the B unit at a later date in 1945. The total production run included 2 cab DL202-2 A units, and a single DL203-2 B cabless booster) unit. The locomotives were powered by a V12 ALCO 241 diesel engine, rated at 1,500 hp (1.1 MW). The units were released for test in September 1945. The locomotive could attain a top speed of 80 mph (Freight) and 125 mph (Passenger).[2] With the B-B wheel arrangement and carbody construction, equipment layout and electrical gear these experimental units were the immediate predecessors of the FA units to come in early 1946.
The three units were numbered 1500A, B, C and were tested on the New York Central Railroad, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, and the Bangor and Aroostook Railroad,[3] among others. They were scrapped in September 1947.[1]
References
Notes
- Kirkland, John F. (Winter 1989). The Diesel Builders Volume 2: American Locomotive Company and Montreal Locomotive Works. Interurban Press. ISBN 0-916374-81-5.
Bibliography
- Steinbrenner, Richard T. (2003). The American Locomotive Company: A Centennial Remembrance. On Track Publishers LLC, New Brunswick, NJ. ISBN 0-911122-07-9. Chapter VII ALCO and World War II pp. 221-230.
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